ABSTRACT

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 expo

chapter 2|48 pages

Epidemiology

chapter 3|126 pages

Back Injury Prevention in Health Care

chapter 4|124 pages

Emerging Infectious Diseases

chapter 5|46 pages

Disinfection and Infection Control

chapter 7|112 pages

Violence in the Health Care Industry

chapter 9|52 pages

Ergonomics

chapter 10|26 pages

Chemodrugs

chapter 11|116 pages

Tuberculosis Engineering Controls

chapter 12|60 pages

Electrocautery Smoke: Reasons for Scavenging

chapter 14|32 pages

Monitoring Aldehydes

chapter 15|24 pages

Pentamidine

chapter 16|56 pages

Ribavirin

chapter 17|26 pages

Trace Anesthetic Gas

chapter 18|10 pages

Cost-Benefit

chapter 22|24 pages

Radiation Protection in Hospitals

chapter 23|12 pages

Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals

chapter 24|22 pages

Medical Waste

chapter 25|10 pages

The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care

chapter 27|16 pages

Laboratory Safety

chapter 31|26 pages

Stress Factors