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General Healthcare Safety
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NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Correctional Health Care Workers
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/correctionalhcw/
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NIOSH's new web page addresses special health and safety concerns related to health care workers working in correctional facilities.
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OSHA Hospital eTool
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/index.html
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OSHA's eTools are stand-alone, Web-based t raining tools on occupational safety and health topics. The new sonography and updated surgical modules are now featured in OSHA's Hospital eTool. The surgical module now features updated information on bloodborne pathogens, waste anesthetic gases, laser safety, and other topics related to workplace safety and health in surgical suites.
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Health Care Industry Quick Start
http://www.osha.gov/dcsp/compliance_assistance/quickstarts/health_care/index_hc.html
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Follow the steps below to identify some of the major OSHA requirements and guidance materials that may apply to your health care facility. These steps will lead you to resources on OSHA's Web site that will help you comply with OSHA requirements and prevent workplace injuries and illnesses.
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WorkSafe BC topic page: Health Care
http://www2.worksafebc.com/Portals/HealthCare/Home.asp
(WorkSafe Online - Workers' Compensation Board of BC)
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Welcome to the Safety at Work centre for the Health Care industry. Your online resource to help prevent accidents and injuries.
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Occupational Deaths among Healthcare Workers (PDF)
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol11no07/pdfs/04-1038.pdf
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Recent experiences with severe acute respiratory syndrome and the US smallpox vaccination program have demonstrated the vulnerability of healthcare workers to occupationally acquired infectious diseases. However, despite acknowledgment of risk, the occupational death rate for healthcare workers is unknown.
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The Global Occupatonal Health Network Newsletter - Issue No. 8, Winter 2005 (PDF)
http://www.who.int/occupational_health/publications/newsletter/gohnet8eng.pdf
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This GOHNET issue is very fascinating as on the one hand it touches on a large group of workers which is very vulnerable to contract occupational diseases; and on the other hand, many of us are neither aware of the concrete dangers that health car workers face every day nor how to band these.
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Occupational health for Healthcare Providers
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/occupationalhealthforhealthcareproviders.html
(MEDLINEplus)
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NIOSH: Healthcare Worker Safety
http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare/
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Includes info and publications on: Biological Hazards: Bloodborne Pathogens, Biological Hazards, Tuberculosis, Ethylene Oxide, Glutaraldehyde, Latex, Nitrous Oxide, Ergonomics, Violence, Psychosocial Hazards, Surveillance
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OSHA Safety and Health Topic: Healthcare Facilities
http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/index.html
(OSHA)
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Health Care Facilities include hospitals, clinics, dental offices, out-patient surgery centers, birthing centers and nursing homes.
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