Handbook of modern hospital safety 2nd ed
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : William Charney
- ناشر : Boca Raton : CRC Press
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
- شابک / ISBN : 9781420047851
Description
Overview of health and safety in the health care environment / David A. Sterling -- Epidemiology / James M. Boiano ... [et al.] -- Back injury prevention in health care / William Charney ... [et al.] -- Emerging infectious diseases / William Charney ... [et al.] -- Disinfection and infection control / Erica J. Stewart ... [et al.] -- Progress in preventing sharps injuries in the United States / Jane Perry ... [et al.] -- Violence in the health care industry / Jane Lipscomb ... [et al.] -- Prevention of slip, trip, and fall hazards for workers in hospital settings / James W. Collins, Jennifer L. Bell -- Ergonomics / Margaret Wan, Jocelyn Villeneuve, Guy Fragala -- Chemodrugs / Thomas P. Fuller -- Tuberculosis engineering controls / Lorraine M. Conroy ... [et al.] -- Electrocautery smoke: reasons for scavenging / Jacob D. Paz ... [et al.] -- Safe use of ethylene oxide in the hospital environment / Arthur R. Reich -- Monitoring aldehydes / Edward W. Finucane, William Charney -- Pentamidine / William Charney, Lawrence Rose, Patricia Quinlan -- Ribavirin / Jim Bellows ... [et al.] -- Trace anesthetic gas / Edward W. Finucane ... [et al.] -- Cost-benefit / William Charney, Donald Maynes -- Clinical approach to glove dermatitis and latex allergy / Dennis Shusterman -- Latex glove use: essentials in modern hospital safety / Wava M. Truscott -- Health and safety hazards of shiftwork: implications for health care workers and strategies for prevention / Joseph Schirmer -- Radiation protection in hospitals / Jean-Pierre Gauvin -- Reproductive hazards in hospitals / Lindsey V. Kayman -- Medical waste / Michael L. Garvin, Herb B. Kuhn, Elaine Peters -- The occupational hazards of home health care / Elaine Askari, Barbara DeBaun -- Caring until it hurts: how nursing work is becoming the most dangerous job in America / Service Employees International Union -- Laboratory safety / Wayne Wood -- Biological exposure index testing: two case studies / William Charney, Martin Lipnowski, Lee Wugofski -- Functions and staffing of a hospital safety office / Lindsey V. Kayman, John F. Clemons -- Education for action: an innovative approach to training hospital employees / Merri Weinger, Nina Wallerstein -- Stress factors / Laura A. Job ... [et al.] -- Case studies of health care workers in the compensation system / Lenora S. Colbert.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare is one of the industries with the highest injury rates. This title covers exposure paradigms and offers solutions and models of protection. It includes information on technology to protect healthcare workers and discusses threats in the form of emerging infectious diseases.