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A new Washington state rule requires employers to minimize or eliminate exposure to hazardous drugs. The hazardous drugs control program must include:
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A federal advisory panel gave a boost to policies that require health care workers to receive the flu vaccine but stopped short of endorsing the strongest mandates. If health care employers can't achieve an influenza vaccination goal of 90% "in an efficient and timely manner," then they should "strongly consider an employer requirement," a subgroup of the National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) said.
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The housekeeper had always done a thorough job cleaning patient rooms, but lately her work was haphazard. When a supervisor pointed out things she'd missed, she said, "Oh, I must have forgotten." Forgotten? How could you forget how to do a job you'd done every day for 30 years?
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Hospitals have been put on alert to recognize fatigue among health care workers as a risk to patient safety. But for now, hospitals won't face any regulatory consequences for failing to address it.
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Despite the progress toward safe patient handling, about eight in 10 nurses still suffer from frequent musculoskeletal pain and six in 10 worry about having a disabling musculoskeletal injury, according to a 2011 online survey by the American Nurses Association in Silver Spring, MD.
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IRB directors seeking to start their own local IRB network can make this happen with just a little up-front effort, experts say.
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IRB administrators who use the Harvard Catalyst's ceded review system say it performs as promised providing a more efficient way for institutions that collaborate frequently to handle multisite studies.
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When an institution's study portfolio gets large enough, its IRB must decide: Is it time for a new board? And if so, how do you divide the work? At many institutions, that division is based on methodology studies are assigned to either a biomedical IRB or one devoted to social-behavioral studies.
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Human research office managers sometimes need to identify ways to improve workflow and efficiency. One way to do this is to develop a process for evaluating resources and assessing needs, an expert advises.
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Multisite studies are a continuing challenge for IRBs how do you review these protocols quickly and efficiently while preserving the autonomy of individual IRBs?
