Pressure Injuries in the Healthcare Setting

The No-Destination Ship of Priority-Setting in Healthcare: A Call for More Democracy

In dealing with scarcity of resources within healthcare systems, decision-makers inevitably have to make choices about which services to fund. Setting priorities represents a challenging task that requires systematic, explicit and transparent methodologies with focus on economic efficiency. In addition, the engagement of the general public in the process of decision-making has been regarded as ...

Percutaneous injuries in home healthcare settings.

HOME HEALTH CARE HAS BEEN ONE OF THE fastest-growing sectors in the health care industry, but the prevention of occupational exposures in this setting has not received the attention it deserves. Of the more than 8 million U.S. health care workers who work in hospitals and other health care settings1, between 650,000 and 850,000 are employed in home health care.2 There are few data and no nation...

Sharps injuries in healthcare waste handlers.

Clinical waste disposal carries with it a risk of serious and possibly life-threatening infection. Combining confidential questionnaires and structured interviews with discrete observation, the attitudes and approach to safe handling of bulk clinical wastes by staff in a specialist waste treatment facility were assessed. With particular attention to glove use and hand hygiene, observations were...

Preventing needlestick injuries in healthcare settings.

Disclaimer: Mention of any company or product does not constitute endorsement by NIOSH. Employers of health care workers should implement the use of improved engineering controls to reduce needlestick injuries: • Eliminate the use of needles where safe and effective alternatives are available. • Implement the use of devices with safety features and evaluate their use to determine which are most...

Setting the highest possible standards of healthcare.