Handbook of modern hospital safety

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Handbook of modern hospital safety

edited by William Charney

Lewis, c1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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As the need for attentive health care becomes more important than ever, on-the-job risks to physicians, nurses, and related professionals have continued to relentlessly increase. Ever-changing technology, new and unforeseen hazards, the dramatic shift to managed care, and a lack of skilled workers have only heightened the difficulties of maintaining safe environments for caregivers and patients alike. For guidance on health care worker protection, safety specialists have found definitive advice and guidance in William Charney's Essentials of Modern Hospital Safety, Volumes I to III -introduced by Lewis Publishers during the early 1990s. Charney now offers all the important details of that three-volume series, combined with an additional volume's worth of information, in a convenient, single-volume Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety. It's a tragic irony: the industry dedicated to healing and recovery has now become the second highest compensable injury sector-even more hazardous than manufacturing. Make sure your health care professionals have the skills, tools and awareness to protect themselves-and, in turn, their patients-with the Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety.

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Introduction: Overview of Hospital Safety Safe Use of Ethlene Oxide Anesthetic Gases in the Operating Room Control of Aldehydes in Hospitals Antineoplastic Drugs Aerosolized Drugs Asbestos Control Program in the Hospital Setting Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals Radiation Protection in Hospitals Emerging Trends in Infectious Waste Management Laboratory Safety Needlestick Injury Back Injury in Health Care Laser Use in Hospitals Biological Exposure Indexing Tuberculosis, the New Epidemic Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork in Hospitals Respiratory Protection in Hospitals Personal Exposure to Blood Aerosols in the Operating Room Epidemiology of Health Care Worker Injury Assaults in Health Care Training Issues in Health Care Latex Allergy in Hospital Workers Implementation of a Tuberculosis Control Plan Nursing Homes, and Analysis of Injury Ergonomic Problems in Health Care Needlesticks Hepatitis C Managed Care and Health Care Worker Injury New Product Development and Safety Device Research in Health care Home Health Care Ebola-Are Hospitals Prepared?

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