Preventing sharps injuries

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Preventing sharps injuries requires changes in workplace practices and the judicious use of safety devices. Most products must prove their effectiveness in the marketplace, where benefits and potential problems will be realized. Personal protective devices are most cost-effective if they are chosen to reduce injuries with a high risk of infectious disease transmission. Modification of risky work practices remains an important component of an injury prevention program.

Safety and security measures, Nursing, Hypodermic needles, Syringes

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An ergonomics program for the health care setting

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All nurse executives should be familiar with the physical stresses of nursing and should formulate an ergonomics plan to deal with them. Back injuries are common among nurses and risk factors include reaching, bending, twisting, lifting and stooping. All workstations and tasks should be analyzed to identify these risk factors. Time-motion studies can reveal which tasks can be changed to eliminate hazardous motions.

Methods, Analysis, Occupational health and safety, Occupational safety and health, Ergonomics

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Automated vital signs monitoring devices

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New technology allows better monitoring of vital signs by enabling several parameters to be monitored with one device. Multiparameter vital signs monitors include modular or components systems and flexible monitoring systems. New kinds of thermometers have also been developed, including electronic and non-contact infrared thermometers.

Innovations, Equipment and supplies, Patient monitoring, Physiologic monitoring, Medical technology, Medical thermometers

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