2nd Edition

Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety

Edited By William Charney Copyright 2009
    1250 Pages 316 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    It is ironic that those whose job it is to save lives often find themselves injured in the course of performing their duties. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, healthcare workers have higher injury rates than agriculture workers, miners, and construction workers. The Handbook of Modern Hospital Safety, Second Edition covers exposure paradigms and offers solutions and models of protection for these individuals, presenting the latest science and intervention strategies that have proven successful in the scientific community.

    Extensively revised, this second edition explores a host of hazardous conditions that are faced by healthcare workers in today’s hospitals, including:

    • infection and infectious diseases
    • back injuries
    • needlesticks
    • workplace violence
    • slip, trip, and fall injuries
    • ergonomic issues
    • electrocautery smoke
    • toxic drugs
    • ethylene oxide
    • aldehydes
    • pentamidine
    • ribavirin

    In this long-awaited update to William Charney’s seminal work, experts from leading hospitals, universities, and health organizations explore these health risks and suggested preventive measures, discuss recent research and new information on technology to protect workers, cover new legislation and regulations, and provide insight into the philosophy of creating a safe hospital culture.

    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

     

    Biography

    William Charney has been a safety director/officer in healthcare for over 20 years. He has published 7 books in the field and 15 peer-review articles. He is presently the Safety Coordinator for Washington Hospital Services in Seattle.