| Description |
1049 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Overview of Health and Safety in the Health Care Environment / David A. Sterling -- Ch. 2. Violence in the Health Care Industry -- Violence in the Health Care Industry: Greater Recognition Prompting Occupational Health and Safety Interventions / Jane Lipscomb -- Guidelines for Security and Safety of Health Care and Community Service Workers / California Occupational Safety and Health Administration -- Assault on the Job: We Can Do Something About It! / Service Employees International Union -- A Joint Labor/Management Experience in Implementing OSHA's Violence Prevention Guidelines in the NYS Office of Mental Health / Jonathan Rosen -- Ch. 3. Tuberculosis Engineering Controls -- An Industrial Hygiene Approach to Tuberculosis Control / Lorraine M. Conroy and John E. Franke -- Portable HEPA Filtration for TB Isolation in Hospitals and Clinics / Byron S. Tepper -- Preventing TB in the Workplace: What Did We Learn From HIV? Policies Regarding the HIV-Infected Health Care Worker / John Mehring -- Reducing the Spread of Tuberculosis in Your Workplace / Derrick Hodge and Daniel Kass -- Engineering Control Options for Tuberculosis in Health Care Settings / William Charney -- The Inefficiency of Surgical Masks for Protection Against Droplet Nuclei TB / William Charney, June Fisher and Craig Ishida -- The Economics of Implementing An Engineering TB Control Plan in a County Hospital / William Charney -- Implementing a Quality Assurance Program for Tuberculosis Control / Patrice M. Sutton, Mark Nicas and Robert J. Harrison -- Ch. 4. Needlesticks -- Introduction / Jane Doe -- Surveillance of Percutaneous Injuries in a 77-Hospital Network / Melanie Bentley and Janine Jagger -- Occupational Needlestick Injuries / Emergency Care Research Institute -- Needlestick Prevention Devices: A Pointed Discussion / Lee Wugofski -- Work Environment and Needle Handling Injuries / David Makofsky and James E. Cone -- The Needlestick Injury Epidemic: Organizing for Prevention / John Mehring -- EPINet: A Tool for Surveillance and Prevention of Blood Exposures in Health Care Settings / Janine Jagger, Murray Cohen and Beth Blackwell -- Strategies for Integrating Health Care Workers Into the Process of Design, Selection and Use of Control Technology / June Fisher -- Ch. 5. Electrocautery Smoke: Reasons for Scavenging -- The Importance of Understanding Surgical Smoke / Stackhouse, Inc -- Electrocautery Health and Safety / Jacob D. Paz -- Health Hazard Evaluation Report / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health -- Laser Hazards in the Health Care Industry / Lindsey V. Kayman -- Proposed Recommended Practices: Electrosurgery / Association of Operating Room Nurses -- Laser Plume Quantification / William Charney -- Laser Plume: Case Study / William Charney, Scott Miller and Shawn Campbell -- Ch. 6. Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide in the Hospital Environment / Arthur R. Reich -- Ch. 7. Monitoring Aldehydes -- Monitoring Aldehydes in the Hospital / Edward W. Finucane -- Control of Formaldehyde Exposure in Hospitals / William Charney -- Hidden Toxicities of Glutaraldehyde / William Charney -- Ch. 8. Pentamidine -- Occupational Risks of Pentamidine: A Review of Current Data / William Charney -- Inhalation Hazard Control for Health Care Workers During the Administration of Aerosolized Pentamidine / Lawrence Rose -- Aerosolized Pentamidine Exposure in Health Care Workers / Patricia Quinlan -- Verification of the Capture Efficiency of HEPA Filtration for Aerosolized Pentamidine / William Charney -- Engineering Controls / William Charney -- Ch. 9. Ribavirin -- Ribavirin Aerosol: Does a New Method of Drug Delivery Place Workers at Risk? / Jim Bellows and Robert J. Harrison -- Engineering and Administration Controls to Contain Aerosolized Ribavirin: Results of Simulation and Application to One Patient / William Charney, Kevin J. Corkery and Roger Kraemer -- Validation of Control System for Ribavirin Aerosol / William Charney -- Ch. 10. Trace Anesthetic Gas -- Control of Trace Anesthetic Gas Contamination / P. M. Popic and J. F. Kreul -- Inhalation Anesthesia Agents / Edward W. Finucane -- An Anesthesia Mask Gas-Scavenging System / Anthony Schapera and William Charney -- Personal Exposure to Blood Aerosols Among Operating Personnel / Patricia A. Heinsohn and D. L. Jewett -- Ch. 11. Antineoplastic Drugs -- Taking Care of Ourselves: Ensuring Safety in the Handling of Antineoplastic Drugs / Bernadette Stringer -- Safe Handling of Antineoplastic Agents in the Hospital Setting / Betty Freeberg -- Ch. 12. A Clinical Approach to Glove Dermatitis and Latex Allergy / Dennis Shusterman -- Ch. 13. Latex Glove Use: Essentials in Modern Hospital Safety / Wava M. Truscott -- Ch. 14. Back Injury Prevention in Health Care -- Prevention of Back Injuries Among Nursing Staff / Roger C. Jensen -- An Ergonomic Approach to Reducing Back Stress in Nursing Personnel / Bernice D. Owen and Arun Garg -- The Ceiling Lift: An Efficient Way of Preventing Injuries Among Nursing Staff / Jocelyn Villeneuve -- The Lift Team Method of Reducing Back Injuries / William Charney -- Ch. 15. Ergonomics -- Reducing Occupational Back Pain Disability Among Health Care Workers Through Ergonomics / Guy Fragala -- Ergonomic Design in the Workplace in Health Care Facilities / Jocelyn Villeneuve -- Ch. 16. Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork: Implications for Health Care Workers and Strategies for Prevention / Joseph Schirmer -- Ch. 17. Radiation Protection in Hospitals / Jean-Pierre Gauvin -- Ch. 18. Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals / Lindsey V. Kayman -- Ch. 19. Medical Waste -- Medical Waste Management: The Problems and Solutions / Michael L. Garvin -- Emerging Trends in Infectious Waste Management / Herb B. Kuhn and Elaine Peters -- Ch. 20. The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care / Elaine Askari and Barbara DeBaun -- Ch. 21. Caring Until It Hurts: How Nursing Work Is Becoming the Most Dangerous Job in America / Service Employees International Union -- Ch. 22. Laboratory Safety / Wayne Wood -- Ch. 23. Managed Care / Mary E. Foley -- Ch. 24. Respiratory Protection in Hospitals / Craig Ishida -- Ch. 25. Biological Exposure Index Testing: Two Case Studies -- Toluene / William Charney and Martin Lipnowski -- Xylene / William Charney and Lee Wugofski -- Ch. 26. Functions and Staffing of a Hospital Safety Office / Lindsey V. Kayman and John F. Clemons -- Ch. 27. Decentralized Health and Safety Committees -- Decentralized Model for Health and Safety Committees in Health Care Institutions / William Charney -- Education for Action: An Innovative Approach to Training Hospital Employees / Merri Weinger and Nina Wallerstein -- Ch. 28. Stress Factors -- Stress Factors in the Hospital: A Nursing Perspective / Bernadette Stringer -- Union Perspective on Employee Education / Laura A. Job -- Occupational and Environmental Health Training for Hospital House Staff / Wendy E. Shearn and Kathleen Kahler -- Nursing Student Health and Safety Training in the Hospital Workplace: Risks and Responsibilities / Jolie Pearl and Marian McDonald -- Ch. 29. Case Studies of Health Care Workers in the Compensation System / Lenora S. Colbert -- App. A. Sample Protocol: Hospital Safety Office Program -- App. B. The Top Offenses |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Hospitals -- Employees -- Health and hygiene -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Hospitals -- Safety measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Hospitals -- Security measures -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Charney, William, 1947-
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| LC no. |
98037222 |
| ISBN |
1566702569 (acid-free paper) |
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