Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety
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Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety

  1. 1,252 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety

About this book

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
Print ISBN
9781420047851
Edition
2
eBook ISBN
9781420047868
Topic
Technology & Engineering
Subtopic
Industrial Health & Safety
Index
Technology & Engineering

Table of contents

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

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