Showing posts with label Health care workers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health care workers. Show all posts
Saturday, October 8, 2022

Occupational Exposure to Monkeypox

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A recent report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] provides evidence supporting the hypothesis that both h...
Sunday, January 23, 2022

NJ vaccine mandate imposed for Health Care Workers and others

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NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 283, requiring covered workers at health care facilities and high-risk congregate setting...
Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Appellate Court Upholds the Biden Administration Vaccine Mandate for Florida Health Care Workers

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Over the last several months, the Biden ministration has targeted over 100 million workers for mandatory vaccination or, in the alternative ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

HHS Announces $103 Million from American Rescue Plan to Strengthen Resiliency and Address Burnout in the Health Workforce

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  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), announced the ava...
Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Health Care Experts Discuss a COVID Second Wave

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How do we know when the second wave is starting? What should we expect? These are only two of the questions Dr. Chad Kessler , National Prog...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

A Federal Heroes Compensation Fund

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The COVID-19 pandemic has the potential of generating an enormous number of occupational illness claims from health care workers [HCW] and ...

Bill Expanding Workers’ Comp Benefits for ‘Essential Workers’ Advanced by Labor Committee

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Panel approves legislation making it easier for employees on the front lines of coronavirus fight to get work-related benefits Acting ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Health Care Workers Are at a Heightened COVID Risk - Updated 5/5/2020

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A report published today by the Centers for Disease Control [CDC] highlights the increased risk of health care workers who are working so d...
Friday, February 22, 2019

Legislation to Reduce Violence in Workplace

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Congressman Joe Courtney (CT-02), a senior Member of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced legislation this week to curb risi...
Friday, May 1, 2015

Lab Worker Infected by Vaccinia Virus Infection Despite Recent Immunized

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The US CDC reported: Occupational exposures to orthopoxviruses in laboratories can result in infections. The most effective means of preven...
Friday, April 24, 2015

Health Care Workers' Hazard: Cloth Based Masked Face Masks

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Infection in the workplace is now becoming a major concern as new epidemics of disease spread worldwide facilitated by the ever increasing g...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

Needlestick Injuries Are a Costly Problem for the Health Care Industry

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Needlestick injuries to health care workers is a very costly concern to health care workers, their employers and the their insurers. This ar...
Saturday, August 3, 2013

Health Care Workers Suffer Exposures to Antineoplastic Drugs

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A recent study reveals that health care workers may be suffering from occupational exposure to chemotherapy drugs while treating cancer pati...