Table of Contents

Overview of Health and Safety in the Health Care Environment, D. A. Sterling

Epidemiology, J. M. Boiano, J. P. Sestito, S. E. Luckhaupt, C. F. Robinson, and J. T. Walker

Back Injury Prevention in Health Care, W. Charney, A. Hudson, S. Gallagher, J. D. Lloyd, A. Baptiste, A. Nelson, J. A. Haley, M. Matz, B. D. Owen, A. Garg, J. Villeneuve, J. Gilmore, and W. Martin

Emerging Infectious Diseases, W. Charney, J. H. Lange, G. Mastrangelo, J. Lavoie, Y. Cloutier, J. Lara, G. Marchand, and Office of Emergency Preparedness

Disinfection and Infection Control, E. J. Stewart, R. N. Olmsted, P.-G. Zanoni, L. Lee, J. Millogo, and K. M. Duesman

Progress in Preventing Sharps Injures in the United States, J. Doe, J. Perry, A. E. Gomaa, J. Jagger, and Emergency Care Research Institute

Violence in the Health Care Industry, J. Lipscomb, J. Rosen, M. London, K. McPhaul, J. A. Simonowitz, California Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and Service Employees International Union

Prevention of Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards for Workers in Hospital Settings, J. W. Collins and J. L. Bell

Ergonomics, M. Wan, Kaiser Permanente, J. Villeneuve, and G. Fragala

Chemodrugs, T. P. Fuller

Tuberculosis Engineering Controls, L. M. Conroy, J. E. Franke, B. S. Tepper, J. Mehring, D. Hodge, D. Kass, W. Charney, J. Fisher, C. Ishida, P. M. Sutton, M. Nicas, and R. J. Harrison

Electrocautery Smoke: Reasons for Scavenging, J. D. Paz, Stackhouse, Inc., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, L. V. Kayman, Association of Operating Room Nurses, W. Charney, S. Miller, S. Campbell, and B. Reynolds

Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide in the Hospital Environment, A. R. Reich

Monitoring Aldehydes, E. W. Finucane and W. Charney

Pentamidine, W. Charney, L. Rose, and P. Quinlan

Ribavirin, J. Bellows, R. J. Harrison, W. Charney, K. J. Corkery, R. Kraemer, and L. Wugofski

Trace Anesthetic Gas, E. W. Finucane, A. Schapera, W. Charney, P. A. Heinsohn,

and D.L. Jewett

Cost–Benefit, W. Charney and D. Maynes

Clinical Approach to Glove Dermatitis and Latex Allergy, D. Shusterman

Latex Glove Use: Essentials in Modern Hospital Safety, W. M. Truscott

Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork: Implications for Health Care Workers and Strategies for Prevention, J. Schirmer

Radiation Protection in Hospitals, J.-P. Gauvin

Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals, L. V. Kayman

Medical Waste, M. L. Garvin, H. B. Kuhn and E. Peters

The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care, E. Askari and B. DeBaun

Caring Until It Hurts: How Nursing Work Is Becoming the Most Dangerous Job in America, Service Employees International Union

Laboratory Safety, W. Wood

Biological Exposure Index Testing: Two Case Studies, W. Charney, M. Lipnowski, and L. Wugofski

Functions and Staffing of a Hospital Safety Office, L. V. Kayman and J. F. Clemons

Education for Action: An Innovative Approach to Training Hospital Employees, M. Weinger and N. Wallerstein

Stress Factors, L. A. Job, W. E. Shearn, K. Kahler, J. Pearl, and M. McDonald

Case Studies of Health Care Workers in the Compensation System, L. S. Colbert

Index