Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers (Print Version)

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Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers

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Latest News

Sleepy Interns Committing Key Errors (10/28/2004, Reuters Health) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_20914.html (*this news item will not be available after 11/27/2004)

Overviews

Hospital eTool: Hazards and Controls Found in the Hospital Setting (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/
Nursing Home eTool: Occupational Hazards in Long Term Care (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/nursinghome/

Specific Conditions

MedlinePlus: Radiation Exposure (National Library of Medicine) - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/radiationexposure.html

Prevention/Screening

Back Facts: A Training Workbook to Prevent Back Injuries in Nursing Homes (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/training/
Bloodborne Pathogens (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/bbp/bbp.html
Ergonomics (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/ergo/ergo.html
Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/ergonomics/guidelines/nursinghome/
Exposure to Blood: What Health-Care Workers Need to Know (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - Links to PDF File - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Blood/Exp_to_Blood.pdf
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/prevencion/exposangre.htm
Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/
Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/246.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e246.xml
How to Protect Yourself from Needlestick Injuries (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2000-135.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/docs/2000-135sp.html
Infection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/infection/infection.html
Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/phspep.htm
National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (University of California, San Francisco) - http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr/PEPline/
Needlesticks/Sharps Injuries (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/sharps/sharps.html
Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers (American Academy of Family Physicians) - http://familydoctor.org/004.xml
Also available in Spanish - http://familydoctor.org/e004.xml
Optical Radiation: Laser Protection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/eyeandface/ppe/laser_safety.html
Personal Protective Equipment (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/ppe/ppe.html
Recommendations to Protect Laboratory, Field, and Clinical Workers from West Nile Virus Exposure (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/westnile/wnvfacts_lab.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/fact-sheets/fact-sheet-westNile.html
Slips/Trips/Falls (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/slips/slips.html
Understanding Respiratory Protection against SARS (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/respsars.html

Coping

Stress (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/stress/stress.html
Tips for Shift Workers: How to Eat, Sleep and Stay Fit When You Work Unusual Hours (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01388

Related Issues

Dentistry (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/dentistry/
Ethylene Oxide (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Links to PDF File - http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/ethylene-oxide-factsheet.pdf
Formaldehyde (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - Links to PDF File - http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/formaldehyde-factsheet.pdf
Glutaraldehyde: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2001-115.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/docs/01-115sp.html
Guidance on Air Medical Transport for SARS Patients (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/patienttransport.htm
Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents (National Library of Medicine) - http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/
Hazardous Chemicals (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/hazchem/haz.html
Hazardous Drugs (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardousdrugs/
Infectious Diseases that May Be Transmitted/Acquired in Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/infect.htm
Laser/Electrosurgery Plume (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/laserelectrosurgeryplume/
Latex Allergy (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/latexallergy/
Laundry: Washing Infected Materials (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Sterile/laundry.htm
MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Information for Healthcare Personnel (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/mrsahcw.htm
Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Healthcare Settings (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/nonhosp.htm
Nursing Homes and Personal Care Facilities (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/nursinghome/
Oral Health: Infection Control for Dentistry (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion) - http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/
Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Health Care Settings (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165/
Tuberculosis (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/tb/tb.html
Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/aresist/visa.htm
Violence: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2002-101.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/docs/2002-101sp.html
Waste Anesthetic Gases (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/wasteanestheticgases/
Workplace Violence (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/workplaceviolence/viol.html

Organizations

Dept. of Labor - http://www.dol.gov/
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/default.htm
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health - http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
Also available in Spanish - http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/niosh/
Occupational Safety and Health Administration - http://www.osha.gov/
Also available in Spanish - http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/spanish/

Statistics

Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS, as of December 2002 (National Center for Infectious Diseases) - http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/BLOOD/hivpersonnel.htm

You may also be interested in these MedlinePlus related pages:

AIDS - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aids.html
Hepatitis - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hepatitis.html
Infection Control - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/infectioncontrol.html
Latex Allergy - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/latexallergy.html
Occupational Health - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/occupationalhealth.html
Health System - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/healthsystem.html
Safety - http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/safety.html

Page last updated: 05 November 2004
Topic last reviewed: 14 September 2004