Engineering Controls and Safer Medical Devices
In this chapter, the role of engineering controls in the context of the industrial hygiene hierarchy of controls is explored in detail. Using the hierarchy provides readers with the ability to introduce the role that adjunct or adjuvant technologies can p
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Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care A Practical Guide
Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care
Amber Hogan Mitchell
Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care A Practical Guide
Amber Hogan Mitchell International Safety Center, Inc. League City, TX USA University of Maryland School of Medicine Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Baltimore, MD USA
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In memory of: My mom – Jane Culwell Hogan My stepmom – Patricia Kolmer My gram – Eugenia “Jean” Warfield Culwell This is in honor of them, and to current and future generations of healthcare heroes serving others in every corner of the globe. The world would not turn without you.
Foreword
Hospitals are dangerous places to work—injury and illness rates among healthcare workers is far higher than the rates among construction workers or coal miners. Keeping healthcare workers safe is the key to keeping patients safe. An important component of this is prevention of infectious disease. If anyone doubted the importance of preventing occupational exposure to infectious disease in healthcare settings, the global COVID-19 pandemic surely changed that. Healthcare workers were on the front line, fighting the epidemic and saving lives. Thousands of these workers were sickened by the virus, and many died. Failure to adequately protect healthcare workers contributed to the spread of the epidemic. The absence of adequate preventive programs, especially at the begi
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