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Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety

Name: Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety
Author: William Charney, William Charney

William Charney,

1,226 pages
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Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety

William Charney,

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It is ironic that those whose job it is to save lives often find themselves injured in the course of performing their duties. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare workers have higher injury rates than agriculture workers, miners, and construction workers. The Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition covers expo

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Publisher

CRC Press

Year

2009

ISBN

9781420047868

Edition

Topic

Technology & Engineering

Subtopic

Industrial Health & Safety

Index

Technology & Engineering

Front cover
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Editor
Contributors
Chapter 1. Overview of Health and Safety in the Health Care Environment
Chapter 2. Epidemiology
Chapter 3. Back Injury Prevention in Health Care
Chapter 4. Emerging Infectious Diseases
Chapter 5. Disinfection and Infection Control
Chapter 6. Progress in Preventing Sharps Injuries in the United States
Chapter 7. Violence in the Health Care Industry
Chapter 8. Prevention of Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards for Workers in Hospital Settings
Chapter 9. Ergonomics
Chapter 10. Chemodrugs
Chapter 11. Tuberculosis Engineering Controls
Chapter 12. Electrocautery Smoke: Reasons for Scavenging
Chapter 13. Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide in the Hospital Environment
Chapter 14. Monitoring Aldehydes
Chapter 15. Pentamidine
Chapter 16. Ribavirin
Chapter 17. Trace Anesthetic Gas
Chapter 18. Cost-Benefit
Chapter 19. Clinical Approach to Glove Dermatitis and Latex Allergy
Chapter 20. Latex Glove Use: Essentials in Modern Hospital Safety
Chapter 21. Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork: Implications for Health Care Workers and Strategies for Prevention
Chapter 22. Radiation Protection in Hospitals
Chapter 23. Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals
Chapter 24. Medical Waste
Chapter 25. The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care
Chapter 26. Caring Until It Hurts: How Nursing Work Is Becoming the Most Dangerous Job in America
Chapter 27. Laboratory Safety
Chapter 28. Biological Exposure Index Testing: Two Case Studies
Chapter 29. Functions and Staffing of a Hospital Safety Office
Chapter 30. Education for Action: An Innovative Approach to Training Hospital Employees
Chapter 31. Stress Factors
Chapter 32. Case Studies of Health Care Workers in the Compensation System
Index
Back cover