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OSHA Announces New Hazards for the Healthcare Industry
Last month, OSHA announced that agency investigators would increase their focus on a set of new key hazards for the healthcare industry during upcoming inspections. These hazards will aim to address musculoskeletal disorders related to patient or resident handling; blood borne pathogens; workplace violence; tuberculosis and slips, trips and falls. To those in the healthcare industry, this ...
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Addressing workplace safety and health in the healthcare sector will ensure high-quality patient care
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) publishes a report on current and emerging occupational safety and health (OSH) risks in the healthcare sector. An important feature of the report is its focus on a previously neglected area — home and community care. Health- and social care is one of the main sectors in Europe, employing approximately 10 % of the EU workforce, ...
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Segmed Ethics Committee Recap
Anonymized medical data sharing is necessary for the advancement of medicine, but it requires a tremendous amount of trust from all stakeholders. Patients need to trust that their healthcare providers are utilizing their data to advance innovations that will help them in the future. Healthcare providers such as health systems and hospitals must trust external stakeholders to use that data for ...
By Segmed, Inc.
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Cytotoxic Drugs: Safe Handling in the Workplace
Cytotoxic drugs (sometimes known as antineoplastics) Describe a group of medicines that contain chemicals which are toxic to cells, preventing their replication or growth, and so are primarily used to treat cancer. Once inside the body, their action is not generally tightly targeted, and they can produce side effects both to the patients and others who become exposed. What are the Risks? ...
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Infection transmission prevention and control of Coronavirus (COVID-19) made possible through Genano Air Decontamination Units
Infection control procedures including work practices, protocols and controls, environmental hygiene, air filtration and appropriate use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are all necessary to prevent infections from spreading during healthcare service delivery. But in the case of the recent Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak early detection and isolation of potentially infectious patients is ...
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What to Expect for an Epidural Injection
Roughly 8% of U.S. adults suffer from persistent or chronic back pain. That’s around 65 million people who are prevented from engaging in daily activities. Many are forced to miss days of work due to injury. With rising healthcare costs, many back pain sufferers think that they are left without a real solution, until they try epidural injections. An epidural injection is the infusion of ...
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