Most mothers-to-be have not received vaccinations for both the flu or whooping cough according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC) Tuesday afternoon.
Banning all food and drink at nurse or other workstations is sometimes seen as an all-or-nothing issue—one that can pit staff against supervisors, and surveyors against compliance officers who see both sides of the problem.
A study published this week found that nearly 90% of long-term care facility staff members who had an acute respiratory illness during five months of surveillance continued to work while they were ill.
Infection control dominated the day’s presentations, which also looked at expectations for sterile compounding, Legionella control, using personal protective equipment, medication management, lowering maternal death rates, and, of course, ligature risk and suicide prevention.
More healthcare systems are reviewing existing health tracking policies of employees and vendors to prevent unnecessary exposure to both patients and staff.More healthcare systems are reviewing existing health tracking policies of employees and vendors to prevent unnecessary exposure to both...
