For those overseeing the health of workers in the health care field, this fully revised second edition reviews exposure paradigms and offers solutions and models of protection. Includes latest science and intervention strategies that have proven successful in the scientific community. The following are included among the hazardous conditions the book covers:
• infection and infectious disease
• back injuries
• needlesticks
• workplace violence
• slip, trip, and fall injuries
• ergonomic issues
• electrocautery smoke
• toxic drugs
• ethylene oxide
• aldehydes
• pentamidine
• ribavirin
Table of Contents
- Overview of Health and Safety in the Health Care Environment
- Epidemiology
- Back Injury Prevention in Health Care
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Disinfection and Infection Control
- Progress in Preventing Sharps Injuries in the United States
- Violence in the Health Care Industry
- Prevention of the Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards for Workers in Hospital Settings
- Ergonomics
- Chemodrugs
- Tuberculosis Engineering Controls
- Electrocautery Smoke
- Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide in the Hospital Environment
- Monitoring Aldehydes
- Pentamidine
- Ribavirin
- Trace Anesthetic Gas
- Cost-Benefit
- Clinical Approach to Glove Dermatitis and Latex Allergy
- Latex Glove Use: Essentials in Modern Hospital Safety
- Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork: Implications for Health Care Workers and Strategies for Prevention
- Radiation Protection in Hospitals
- Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals
- Medical Waste
- The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care
- Caring Until it Hurts: How Nursing Work is Becoming the Most Dangerous Job in America
- Laboratory Safety
- Biological Exposure Index Testing: Two Case Studies
- Functions and Staffing of a Hospital Safety Office
- Education for Action: An Innovative Approach to Training Hospital Employees
| Publication Date | 2009 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardcover, 1226 pages |
| Product Code | 31029 |
