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Hospital workers: an assessment of occupational injuries …

(5 days ago) WEBAn Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) report using data on worker compensation claims from the Aon barometer survey …

https://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/2017/article/hospital-workers-an-assessment-of-occupational-injuries-and-illnesses.htm

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Healthcare - Overview - Occupational Safety and Health …

(1 days ago) WEBIn 2020, the healthcare and social assistance industry reported a 40% increase in injury and illness cases which continues to be higher than any other private industry sector – …

https://www.osha.gov/healthcare

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Healthcare - Safe Patient Handling Occupational Safety …

(3 days ago) WEBOne major source of injury to healthcare workers is musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). In 2017, nursing assistants had the second highest number of cases of MSDs. There were 18,090 days away from work …

https://www.osha.gov/healthcare/safe-patient-handling

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Health care workers’ experiences of workplace incidents …

(8 days ago) WEBHealth care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of occupational injuries and approximately 10–15% of patients are affected by an adverse event during their hospital …

https://bmchealthservres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12913-021-06517-x

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Occupational health: health workers - World Health …

(4 days ago) WEBHealth workers face a range of occupational risks associated with infections, unsafe patient handling, hazardous chemicals, radiation, heat and noise, psychosocial hazards, …

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/occupational-health--health-workers

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Occupational Traumatic Injuries Among Workers in …

(4 days ago) WEBAbbreviations: OSHA = Occupational Safety and Health Administration. *OSHA-recordable injuries are defined as work-related injuries and illnesses that result in at least one of the following: death, …

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6415a2.htm

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Worker Safety in Hospitals Occupational Safety and …

(Just Now) WEBIn 2019, U.S. hospitals recorded 221,400 work-related injuries and illnesses, a rate of 5.5 work-related injuries and illnesses for every 100 full-time employees. This is almost twice the rate for private industry as a …

https://www.osha.gov/hospitals

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Keep health workers safe to keep patients safe: WHO

(1 days ago) WEBProvide adequate resources to prevent health workers from injuries, and harmful exposure to chemicals and radiations; provide functioning and ergonomically …

https://www.who.int/news/item/17-09-2020-keep-health-workers-safe-to-keep-patients-safe-who

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Common injuries among healthcare workers - MultiCare Vitals

(4 days ago) WEBInjuries most frequently seen in healthcare workers include: Sprains and strains. Slipped discs and other back injuries. Punctures and cuts. Broken bones. Head …

https://www.multicare.org/vitals/common-injuries-among-healthcare-workers/

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Health problems in healthcare workers: A review - PMC

(3 days ago) WEBHealthcare workers (HCWs) deliver care and services to sick and ailing either directly as doctors and nurses or indirectly as assistants, technicians, aides or …

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6753812/

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IIF Home : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

(2 days ago) WEBTotal of 5,486 fatal work injuries in 2022, up 5.7% from 2021 12/19/2023 There were 5,486 fatal work injuries recorded in the United States in 2022, a 5.7-percent increase from …

https://www.bls.gov/iif/home.htm

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A Review of Patient Lifting Interventions to Reduce Health Care …

(2 days ago) WEBHealth care workers suffer from musculoskeletal disorders at a significantly higher rate than workers in other industries. Consequently, a growing demand for …

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2165079915580038

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Healthcare Workers: Work Stress & Mental Health NIOSH CDC

(9 days ago) WEBHealthcare Workers and Work Stress. Work stress refers to the harmful physical and emotional effects when job requirements do not match workers’ resources or needs. …

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/healthcare/workstress.html

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Employer-Reported Workplace Injuries and Illnesses - 2021 …

(4 days ago) WEBThe table has been corrected.) Private industry employers reported 2.8 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2022, up 7.5 percent from 2021, the U.S. Bureau of …

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/osh.pdf

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Full article: Patient and healthcare worker safety risks and injuries

(6 days ago) WEBFurthermore, on healthcare workers incidents, injuries and the situations they occurred. Method: A total of 65,749 patient risks and incidents were registered in …

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21679169.2018.1549594

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The Most Common Workplace Injuries in Healthcare

(9 days ago) WEBBloodborne Infectious Diseases. Healthcare workers are always at risk when they use needles to draw blood or administer vaccines. Needle-sticks can occur if …

https://www.healthcarebusinesstoday.com/the-most-common-workplace-injuries-in-healthcare/

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Healthcare worker burnout, solutions addressed in new podcast

(6 days ago) WEB“The health worker burnout and moral injury are directly associated with issues of patient quality access and safety. So, when the workforce is not well, it can be …

https://wjla.com/news/health/healthcare-workers-burnout-doctors-nurses-aides-techs-burned-out-moral-injury-healthcare-field-workplace-change-collaborative-podcast-hospital-administration

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Workers injured on the job 35% more likely to die of opioid …

(2 days ago) WEBThe study used the DPH’s Public Health Data Warehouse to link information about people’s employment and work injury history with death certificate data, …

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/05/23/dph-workers-injured-on-the-job-35-more-likely-to-die-of-opioid-overdose/

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Perspective Highlights Racial Disparities in Firearm-Related Injuries

(7 days ago) WEBPerspective Highlights Racial Disparities in Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths. Schenita D. Randolph, PhD, MPH, RN, and Rosa M. Gonzalez-Guarda, PhD, …

https://nursing.duke.edu/news/perspective-highlights-racial-disparities-firearm-related-injuries-and-deaths

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Guide for Healthcare Workers Serving Individuals

(3 days ago) WEBrole at the health care facility and tell them when you are leaving. 3. SPEAK TO THE PATIENT DIRECTLY Communicate directly to the patient using their preferred method. …

https://nj.gov/humanservices/library/slides/Guide%20for%20Healthcare%20Workers%20Serving%20Individuals%20-%20Text%20PDF.pdf

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Exploring the Impact of Climate Change on Worker Health and …

(3 days ago) WEBThe climate crisis significantly endangers worker health and safety across various industries, necessitating immediate adaptation strategies and legislative support. …

https://ohsonline.com/Articles/2024/05/22/Exploring-the-Impact-of-Climate-Change-on-Worker-Health-and-Safety.aspx

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Cumulative Trauma Disorders in Office Workers - The Official …

(6 days ago) WEBmotion injuries, or repetitive strain injuries. These painful and sometimes crippling disorders develop gradually over periods of weeks, months, or years. They include the …

https://www.nj.gov/health/workplacehealthandsafety/documents/peosh/ctdib.pdf

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Opioid overdose deaths more likely among Massachusetts …

(1 days ago) WEBBoston — Working-age Massachusetts residents who died between 2011 and 2020 were 35 percent more likely to have died of an opioid-related overdose if they had …

https://www.mass.gov/news/opioid-overdose-deaths-more-likely-among-massachusetts-residents-injured-at-work-new-department-of-public-health-report-finds

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Takeaways from the AP's investigation into how US prisoners are …

(8 days ago) WEB2 of 8 . This 2015 photo shows first responders as they work to free Blas Sanchez from an auger that snagged and mutilated his right leg, at Hickman’s Family …

https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-injuries-deaths-takeaways-445053c55ad0f50fdc38234842600023

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Nurses threaten to strike at 3 NJ hospitals over staff ratios

(8 days ago) WEBAbout 1,700 nurses, who were represented by the United Steel Workers union, walked off the job for four months citing staffing concerns as a major issue. The …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2024/05/28/nurses-threaten-to-strike-at-3-nj-hospitals-over-staff-ratios-englewood-cooper-palisades/73875847007/

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We Don’t Need to Choose between Brain Injury and ‘Mass …

(2 days ago) WEBThey didn’t have brain injury.So concluded the recent National Institutes of Health clinical and brain imaging studies of about 80 individuals reporting “anomalous …

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/havana-syndrome-we-dont-need-to-choose-between-brain-injury-and-mass/

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Fast Facts- Traumatic Occupational Injuries NIOSH CDC

(7 days ago) WEBFast Facts. Most recent traumatic injury data show: 18% of the 1,176,340 nonfatal work injuries resulting in days away from work in 2020 were related to slips, trips, and falls 1; …

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/injury/fastfacts.html

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Black doctors call out 'broken' system for health care - Yahoo

(8 days ago) WEBBlack medical professionals are being courted by the Senate to help fill gaps caused by a health care worker shortage that is projected to leave the U.S. with more …

https://www.yahoo.com/news/black-doctors-call-out-broken-system-for-health-care-professionals-181824859.html

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About Us Sun-Up Healthcare Best Medical Center Jersey City NJ

(3 days ago) WEBWe will call to confirm your benefits and highly recommend that you do the same. We accept BCBS, Aetna, PHCS, Cigna, Mutual of Omaha, United Health Care, Coventry, …

https://sunuphealth.com/about-us/

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How a young NJ mother overcame a stroke after giving birth

(5 days ago) WEBShe has returned to work this month as an executive at a public relations agency. Most importantly, she is able to care for Love. "She is bossy," Osegura said with …

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/health/2024/05/28/postpartum-preeclampsia-nj-stroke-after-birth/73715034007/

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UCLA protest violence: medics say police broke bones and drew …

(9 days ago) WEBIn interviews with KFF Health News, Chan and three other volunteer medics described treating protesters with bleeding wounds, head injuries and suspected …

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/05/15/medics-ucla-protest-say-police-weapons-caused-serious-injuries/73704114007/

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Senate committee passes legislation on mental health, emergency

(3 days ago) WEBThe Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions May 23 passed legislation that included proposals on mental health and emergency pediatric …

https://www.aha.org/news/headline/2024-05-23-senate-committee-passes-legislation-mental-health-emergency-pediatric-services

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Child care worker arrested in Oak Creek on charges of child …

(3 days ago) WEBAfter cocaine was identified in the urine of 1-year-old boy who was covered in scratches, police in Oak Creek arrested a local child care worker. Police arrested the …

https://news.yahoo.com/news/child-care-worker-arrested-oak-205423815.html

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CDC's Core Infection Prevention and Control Practices for Safe

(7 days ago) WEBScope. The core practices in this document should be implemented in all settings where healthcare is delivered. These venues include both inpatient settings …

https://www.cdc.gov/infection-control/hcp/core-practices/index.html

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