The Epidemic of Health Care Worker Injury

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The Epidemic of Health Care Worker Injury: An Epidemiology

The Epidemic of Health Care Worker Injury: An Epidemiology

Published:

December 9, 1998 by CRC Press - 248 Pages

Editor(s):

William Charney; Guy Fragala

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Hardback

$146.95

ISBN 9780849333828

Cat# 3382

Features

Presents the contributions of authors well known in the field

Provides the most up-to-date statistical information and quantification available

Analyzes epidemiology, including solutions

Includes causation analysis and discussion

Summary

Traditionally, health care worker injury exposure data is analyzed one category at a time, which tends to isolate the researcher from a more global perspective of an industry-wide analysis. The Epidemic of Health Care Worker Injury: An Epidemiology provides an industry-wide analysis that facilitates a wide-angle view of the dangers of working in health care, by focusing on the major categories of health care worker injury:

needlesticks, the most prevalent risk

back injury, the most expensive risk

violence and assault-health care workers account for more than half of all assaulted service workers

infectious diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis C

latex allergy, which now affects almost 10% of health-care workers

managed care and its profound effect on the injury rates through downsizing, deskilling, and increased acuity

injuries to different populations of health care workers

home health care injury rates

long-term care injuries, which have doubled in the last decade

An Epidemic of Healthcare Worker Injury, Wi. Charney
Health Hazards in Nursing and Healthcare: An Overview, B. Rogers
The Epidemiology of Sharps Injuries, J.E. Cone, K. Hagadone, and A. Boyd
The Epidemic of Back Injuries in Healthcare Workers in the United States, B.D. Owen
Occupational Exposure to Tuberculosis, OSHA
Hepatitis C in Healthcare Workers, J. Rosenberg
Epidemiology of Latex Allergy, G.W. Weinert
Violence in Washington Workplaces, 1992-1995 (with an Introduction by J. Lipscomb: Violence in the Workplace: A Growing Crisis among Healthcare Workers), M. Foley, B. Silverstein, and J. Kalat
Caring Till It Hurts, SEIU
The Occupational Hazards of Home Healthcare, E. Askari and B. DeBaun
Appendix A: Findings of Minnesota Nurses Association Research Project on Occupational Injury/Illness in Minnesota between 1990-1994
Appendix B: Hospital Injury Data Charts