ICT Resources
Safe Patient Lifting and Transferring
Surgery Needle Safety
Environmental Hazards
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"Exposure to Stress: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals," a July 2008
brochure from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
enumerates sources and health effects of occupational stress on health care
personnel and identifies work practices to reduce stress.
- OSHA's Safety and Health Information Bulletin entitled
A Brief Guide to Mold
in the Workplace, offers recommendations on how to prevent mold
growth, the proper use of personal protective equipment, ways to assess mold
or moisture problems, and methods to clean up damage caused by moisture and
mold growth. OSHA's guide on
Preventing
Mold-Related Problems in the Indoor Workplace, is an additional
resource for protecting employees involved in the prevention and clean up of
mold.
- Waste Anesthetic Gases - Occupational Hazards in Hospitals
- The brochure seeks to increase awareness of the adverse health
effects of exposure to waste anesthetic gases, describes how workers are
exposed to these gases, recommends work practices intended to reduce these
exposures, and identifies methods to minimize leakage of anesthetic gases into
the work environment.
- OSHA Handbook:
Best Practices
for the Safe Use of Glutaraldehyde in Health Care
- The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommends a
medical surveillance program to protect health care workers exposed to
hazardous drugs.
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Safety's Role in Business Functions
- Making the Business Case for Safety
illustrates how accounting for employee safety in the design stage of a
project can result in fewer injuries and illnesses and increased
productivity.
Laboratory Ergonomics
Staff Contact: Clint Parram: (630)
276-5646
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