In health care settings

C. Sleep Loss in Health Care Settings (See Also Chap. 18)... 

OSHA regulates semustine under the Hazard Communication Standard and as a chemical hazard in laboratories. OSHA publication Work practice guidelines for personnel dealing with cytotoxic (anti-neoplastic) drugs and its revisions are among regulations in connection with occupational exposure to semustine in health care settings. 

EL Larson. Draft APIC guideline for hand washing and hand antisepsis in health care settings. Am J Infect Control 22(5) 25A-47A, 1994. 

General The foundation of all the measures of compliance will be that universal precautions will be followed. In August 1987, the CDC published a document entitled Recommendations for Prevention of HIV Transmission in Health Care Settings. This document introduced the concept of universal precautions which basically recommended that steps be taken to prevent exposure of health care workers to possibly contaminated blood, other body fluids, tissue from a human living or dead, HlV-containing cultures and other possibly contaminated items which might be found in the laboratory (see the first part of this section). The universal part of this concept comes from the assumption that all of these possible sources of infections are treated as if they were infected. This assumption extends to all personnel who may become infected by coming into contact with contaminated materials, from the physician or research scientist to the laundry employee. The plan must make a commitment to adopt this policy and enforce it... 

Our goal in writing this book is to equip you with the knowledge, insights, strategies, and tools that will enable you to create and lead a culture of safety. Certain characteristics of health care culture are setups for error. For example, a primary barrier to safety in health care settings is the hierarchical nature of relationships between executives and clinicians, between physicians and nurses, and between all clinicians and their patients. Another is the fact that most health care practice today takes place in silos that is, each discipline practices its craft with little or no aware-... 

Castro, K.G., Dooley, S. W., Hutton, M.D., MuUan, R.J., Polder, J.A., and Snider, D.E. Guidelines for preventing the transmission of tuberculosis in health-care settings, with special focus on HIV-related issues. 

CDC Website NIOSH Alert. Preventing occupational exposures to antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs in health care settings. 

Several outbreaks of nosocomial HIV transmission have been recorded [14]. The means of transmission include injections from multi-dose vials and multi-use needles and syringes, inadequate sterilization techniques of medical equipment during plasma donations and dialysis centers. Strict adherence to infection-control policies is needed in order to avoid HIV transmission in health-care settings. 

GDC (1987) Recommendations for prevention of HIV transmission in health-care settings. MMWR 36[Suppl 2S] 3S-i8S... 

In 2008, there were 12,800 audiologists working in the United States. About 64 percent were employed in health care settings and 14 percent in educational settings. The number of audiologists was expected to grow by 25 percent until 2018. The projected increased need can be traced to several factors. 

Boyce JM, Pittet D Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings recommendations of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee and the HICPAC/SHEA/APIC/IDSA Hand Hygiene Task Force. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2002 23(12 suppl) S3 S40. 

Castro, K.G. S.W. Dooley, M.D. Hutton, RJ. Mullan, J.A. Polder, and D.E. Snider, Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, with Special Focus on HIV-Related Issues, http //www.cdc.gov/niosh. 

CDC Guidelines for Environmental Infection Control In Health-Care Eacilities Recommendations of CDC and the Healthcare Infection Control Advisory Committee (HICPAC), MMWR 2003 52(NO. RR-10). CDC website, NIOSH Alert, Preventing Occupational Exposures to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings, http //www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165/. 

The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) offers the following tools for healthcare organizations, providers, policymakers, and patients to improve patient safety in health care settings. 

NIOSH. (2008, September 22). Preventing Back Injuries in Health Care Settings. Retrieved from NIOSH Science Blog http //blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2008/09/22/lifting/. 

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