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Injury Claims, Accident Inquiries: ‘Freeze the Facts’
Occasionally, occupational health professionals can be involved in a legal case when there is some dispute over an employee’s injury, workers’ compensation, or a monetary settlement. From a legal perspective, “freezing the facts” as soon as possible will pay off as the case moves forward.
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Occupational Health: Outbreak Investigation 101
In an outbreak situation that affects healthcare workers and patients, occupational health can strike a critical partnership with the infection control department to rapidly resolve the situation.
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Current Healthcare Workers Might Face Another Pandemic
As evidence mounts indicating that climate change is driving emerging infections, healthcare workers may face another pandemic in their lifetime — possibly in their current careers.
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ICU Staff Report Severe Moral Distress, But Resources Are Underused
There is growing awareness of the prevalence of moral distress in healthcare — and the costs in terms of burnout and staff turnover. However, solutions to this problem remain somewhat elusive.
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‘It’s Alive’: Scabies Parasite Gets Under Your Skin, in Your Head
Healthcare workers have seen and suffered seemingly everything, but there is one creature as unnerving as the ragged screech of fingernails across a chalkboard: Sarcoptes scabiei hominis.
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Misinformation from Physicians Hurt Pandemic Response
While studying high-use social media platforms, researchers found 52 American physicians from across a range of medical specialties were spreading misinformation about COVID-19 during the pandemic.
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Callous Care for Pregnant Patients, Particularly Those of Color
With maternal mortality rates on the rise in the United States, a new report comes as an unwelcome complication — and, in part, an explanation for the disturbing trend: Many women feel disrespected and even experience verbal abuse during their pregnancy and delivery care, the CDC reported.
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CDC’s ‘Hear Her’ Campaign Raises Voice of Problem Pregnancies
The Hear Her campaign provides resources for pregnant and postpartum women to share concerns with providers and to recognize urgent warning signs, according to the CDC.
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Green and Lean: Nutritious Food Also Helps the Planet
More hospitals are implementing ways to provide healthy, nutritious food for healthcare workers while reducing their carbon footprint and enhancing sustainability as climate change becomes the next great challenge for the future.
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Safe Patient Handling Programs: If Not Now, When?
In a time of lean hospital budgets and staff shortages, the cost-benefit equation tilts heavily in favor of implementing a safe patient handling and mobility program to prevent occupational injuries, retain staff, and improve patient outcomes.