Occupational Health for Healthcare Providers

Coping

1.	Stress Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/stress/stress.html




2.	Tips for Shift Workers: How to Eat, Sleep and Stay Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01388

Organizations

1.	Dept. of Labor http://www.dol.gov/




2.	Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/default.htm




3.	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Hea http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html




4.	Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/

Overviews

1.	Hospital eTool: Hazards and Controls Found in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/




2.	Nursing Home eTool: Occupational Hazards in Long T Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/nursinghome/

Prevention/Screening

1.	Understanding Respiratory Protection against SARS Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/respirators/respsars.html




2.	Slips/Trips/Falls Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/slips/slips.html




3.	Recommendations to Protect Laboratory, Field, and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/westnile/wnvfacts_lab.html




4.	Personal Protective Equipment Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/ppe/ppe.html




5.	Optical Radiation: Laser Protection Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/eyeandface/ppe/laser_safety.html




6.	Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Ca American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/004.xml




7.	Needlesticks/Sharps Injuries Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/sharps/sharps.html




8.	National Clinicians' Post-Exposure Prophylaxi University of California, San Francisco http://www.ucsf.edu/hivcntr/PEPline/




9.	Back Facts: A Training Workbook to Prevent Back In Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/healthcarefacilities/training/




10.	Bloodborne Pathogens Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/bbp/bbp.html




11.	Ergonomics Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/ergo/ergo.html




12.	Ergonomics: Guidelines for Nursing Homes Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/ergonomics/guidelines/nursinghome/




13.	Exposure to Blood: What Health-Care Workers Need t National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Blood/Exp_to_Blood.pdf




14.	Eye Protection for Infection Control National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/eye/eye-infectious.html




15.	Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/handhygiene/




16.	Health Care Workers: Avoiding Infections at Work American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/246.xml




17.	How to Protect Yourself from Needlestick Injuries National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2000-135.html




18.	Infection Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/infection/infection.html




19.	Management of Occupational Exposures to Hepatitis Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/phspep.htm

Related Issues

1.	Oral Health: Infection Control for Dentistry National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion http://www.cdc.gov/oralhealth/infectioncontrol/




2.	Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-165/




3.	Tuberculosis Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/tb/tb.html




4.	Vancomycin-Intermediate/Resistant Staphylococcus a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/aresist/visa.htm




5.	Violence: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2002-101.html




6.	Waste Anesthetic Gases Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/wasteanestheticgases/




7.	Workplace Violence Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/etools/hospital/hazards/workplaceviolence/viol.htm...




8.	Nursing Homes and Personal Care Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/nursinghome/




9.	Multidrug-Resistant Organisms in Non-Hospital Heal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/nonhosp.htm




10.	MRSA - Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/ARESIST/mrsahcw.htm




11.	Dentistry Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/dentistry/




12.	Ethylene Oxide Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/ethylene-oxide-factsheet.pdf




13.	Formaldehyde Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/OshDoc/data_General_Facts/formaldehyde-factsheet.pdf




14.	Glutaraldehyde: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/2001-115.html




15.	Guidance on Air Medical Transport for SARS Patient Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/sars/patienttransport.htm




16.	Haz-Map: Occupational Exposure to Hazardous Agents National Library of Medicine http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov/




17.	Hazardous Drugs Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/hazardousdrugs/




18.	Infectious Diseases that May Be Transmitted/Acquir Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/GUIDE/infect.htm




19.	Laser/Electrosurgery Plume Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/laserelectrosurgeryplume/




20.	Latex Allergy Occupational Safety and Health Administration http://www.osha-slc.gov/SLTC/latexallergy/




21.	Laundry: Washing Infected Materials Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/Sterile/laundry.htm

Statistics

1.	Surveillance of Healthcare Personnel with HIV/AIDS National Center for Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/hip/BLOOD/hivpersonnel.htm