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Hospital eTool: Intensive Care Unit (ICU) Module
Occupational Health & Safety — Potential Hazard ICU workers are particularly at risk for exposure to blood, OPIM, and bloodborne pathogens because of the immediate, life-threatening nature of treatment. Possible Solutions The Bloodborne Pathogens Standard requires precautions ...More…
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Hospital eTool: Surgical Suite
Occupational Health & Safety — Review the hazards below and then tour the virtual reality room. Back to Top The anesthetic gas and vapors that leak out into the surrounding room during medical and surgical procedures are considered waste anesthetic gases. They include nitrous ...More…
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Hospital eTool: Healthcare Wide Hazards - MDRO - ...
Occupational Health & Safety — Hospital eTool: Healthcare Wide Hazards, MDRO, Multidrug-Resistent Organisms Exposure of employees to infections from multidrug resistant organisms such as "staph" and "strep" bacteria in the workplace. Employees can become infected or ...More…
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Hospital eTool: HealthCare Wide Hazards - Mercury
Occupational Health & Safety — Employee exposure to mercury from accidental spills that can occur during repair of broken thermometers, sphygmomanometers, or during sterilization and centrifugation of thermometers in maintenance areas. Mercury can also be found in some ...More…
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Safety and Health Topics: Ethylene Oxide
Occupational Health & Safety — Ethylene oxide (EtO) is produced in large volumes and is primarily used as an intermediate in the production of several industrial chemicals, the most notable of which is ethylene glycol. It is also used as a fumigant in certain agricultural ...More…
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Immunization of Healthcare Workers
Centers for Disease Control — Because of their contact with patients or infective material from patients, many health-care workers (HCWs)(e.g., physicians, nurses, emergency medical personnel, dental professionals and students, medical and nursing students, laboratory ...More…
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Shift Work and Ways to Improve Sleep (1:29)
Dr. Charles Czeisler suggests some healthy sleep strategies for night shift workers.More…
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Safety and Health Topics: Formaldehyde
Occupational Health & Safety — Formaldehyde is common to the chemical industry. The 11th Report on Carcinogens classifies it as "reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen" and reported US production at 11.3 billion pounds in 1998. [More...] International production was ...More…
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Personal Protective Equipment
Food & Drug Administration — Personal protective equipment (PPE) is any type of face mask, glove, or clothing that acts as a barrier between infectious materials and the skin, mouth, nose, or eyes (mucous membranes). When used properly, personal protective equipment can help ...More…
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Description of Exposure
Centers for Disease Control — Health care workers who handle hazardous drugs are at risk of skin rashes, cancer, and reproductive disorders. NIOSH recommends that employers provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs ...More…
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Documented
Centers for Disease Control — Investigation of cases of HIV infection in healthcare personnel without identified risk factors is coordinated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state health department staff. These investigations have been conducted ...More…
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Estimates of Healthcare-Associated Infections
Centers for Disease Control — CDC strives to understand how healthcare-associated infections happen and to develop appropriate interventions. A new report from CDC updates previous estimates of healthcare-associated infections. In American hospitals alone, ...More…