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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 26–29, 2016
Paper Number: ASSE-16-707
... to be added by 2022 - with up to 25% of the workers aged 55 or older. us government infectious disease safety safety management system compliance injury health & medicine health care worker employee safety safety risk management healthcare requirement osha care environment worker...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 7–10, 2015
Paper Number: ASSE-15-507
... and payers have historically paid little attention to the health and safety issues of health care workers. Safety professionals have much to offer by applying well-tested tools and methods to improve safety performance - and it is in their personal interest to do so. This paper seeks to describe some...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference, June 24–27, 2007
Paper Number: ASSE-07-1291
... Introduction Latex gloves have proved effective in preventing transmission of many infectious diseases to health care workers. Eliminating exposure to latex products in a healthcare industry is a major challenge because numerous medical products and equipment contain latex derivatives...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 7–10, 2004
Paper Number: ASSE-04-533-1
... US government needlestick injury safer needle device immunology job description health care industry operational safety frequency nurse centers for disease control and prevention health care worker NSIs Health & Medicine infectious disease NPA evaluation healthcare safety...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 9–12, 2002
Paper Number: ASSE-02-706
... "Two of my good friends, who are top critical care nurses, can no longer work in that area because of back injuries. We can't afford to lose them." - Nurse Practioner at a large medical center. Retention [and recruitment] of health care workers for most health care organizations has become...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 25–28, 2000
Paper Number: ASSE-00-023
... leaving their profession due to chronic back problems.4 Nursing assistants have a 30% turnover rate annually that is aggravated by this same problem. Not only is this one of the most prevalent types of injuries amongst health care workers, but is also the most costly. Even the most conservative reports...
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Paper presented at the ASSE Professional Development Conference and Exposition, June 25–28, 2000
Paper Number: ASSE-00-038
... increased since the late 1980s. The recognition of HIV infection and the institution of universal precautions to prevent the spread of infection between patients and health care workers was a major impetus for increased glove usage. This period of increased glove usage has been marked by increasing...

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