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Summary
Health care workers are exposed to many job hazards. These can include :
- Infections
- Needle injuries
- Back injuries
- Allergy-causing substances
- Violence
- Stress
Follow good job safety and injury prevention practices. They can reduce your risk of health problems. Use protective equipment, follow infection control guidelines, learn the right way to lift heavy objects, and find ways to manage stress.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Related Issues
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- Exposure to Stress: Occupational Hazards in Hospitals (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) - PDF
- Hazardous Drugs (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Hospital-Wide Hazards: Biological Hazards -- Infectious Diseases (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Hospital-Wide Hazards: Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- Hospital-Wide Hazards: Workplace Violence (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
- List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings, 2016 (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Questions about Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Food and Drug Administration)
- Recommended Vaccines for Healthcare Workers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention for Healthcare Workers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - PDF Also in Spanish
- Surgical Suite (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Specifics
- Hepatitis B Vaccination Protection (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) - PDF
- Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Care Workers (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
- Safe Patient Handling (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Statistics and Research
- HIV and Occupational Exposure (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Worker Safety in Hospitals (Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Infection Control
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Nosocomial (Hospital-Acquired) Infections
(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Occupational Exposure
(National Institutes of Health)
Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: Object and person tracking systems to enable extremity dosimetry in nuclear...
- Article: Mobile health technologies for workers' health and wellbeing: A systematic search...
- Article: Managing radiation safety and protection in gastroenterology in Japan: insights from...
- Occupational Health for Health Care Providers -- see more articles
Patient Handouts
- Personal protective equipment (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish