Healthy Nurse/Occu/Environ

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• Subscribe to Healthy Nurse e-mail list

  
  

• Study Ties Nurses' Risk for Obesity to 'Adverse Work Schedules'

  
  8/3/12 - Newswise.com

• Health and Safety Survey

  
  A 2011 survey of more than 4,600 nurses shows improvements in the prevalence of patient lifting devices and safer needles in the workplace compared to 2001, but RNs still rank the effects of stress and overwork as their top health and safety concern.

• ANA's Resources on Nurse Fatigue

  
  

• Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention for Healthcare Workers

  
  

• Healthcare Wide Hazards: Slips, Trips and Falls

  
  

• Safety Sharps for Healthcare Settings

  
  On the CDC website

• Hand Hygiene in Healthcare Settings

  
  On the CDC website

• NIOSH List of Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings 2010

  
  

• PEP steps: A Quick Guide to Post-exposure Prophylaxis in the Health Care Setting [PDF]

  
  CDC (2006) - This document guides nurses and employers as to the proper treatment and follow-up for a nurse potentially or actually exposed to a patient with HIV, HBV, HCV after a Needlestick. (current as of 3-3-2011)

• Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis [PDF]

  
  CDC (2005) - MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 54, Number RR-9

• Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis [PDF]

  
  CDC (2001) - MMWR Recommendations and Reports, Volume 50, Number RR-11

• 24 Hour Assistance for Prophylaxis Exposure

  
  24 hour assistance is available from the CDCs Clinicians' Post Exposure Prophylaxis Hotline (PEPline) at 1-888-448-4911.

• Respiratory Protection for Healthcare Workers Training Video

  
  On the U.S. department of Labor website

• Safe Patient Handling and Movement Nursing School Curriculum Toolkit [pdf]

  
  ANA partnered with the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Tampa Veterans Administration Patient Safety Center of Inquiry to develop this toolkit.
  This toolkit contains the following materials required to incorporate evidence-based patient handling into a nursing school curriculum:
  1. Didactic content
  2. Clinical laboratory content
  The toolkit also contains additional optional background material.

• Healthy States: Protecting Families from Toxic Chemicals While Congress Lags Behind [pdf]

  
  Report issued by Safer Chemicals Healthy Families and Safer States on 11/17/10

• New ANA President Shares Her Vision - Nurse.com (7/12/10)

  
  On the Nursing.com website

• RN Spreads Message After Acquiring Infections From Needle - Nurse.com (7/14/10)

  
  On the website of Nurse.com

• Facility Guidelines Institute Patient Handling And Movement Assessments: A White Paper

  
  

• Emergency Nurses Association Workplace Violence Surveillance Study

  
  August 2010

• Emergency Nurses Association Workplace Violence Resources

  
  

• Safer Chemicals, Health Families Website

  
  

• Breast Cancer Fund, Overview of BPA

  
  

• National Toxicology Program’s BPA fact sheet

  
  

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BPA Factsheet

  
  

• Health Care Without Harm Nurses Work Group’s Protect Antibiotics Toolkit

  
  

• US Geological Survey Fact Sheet on Water Contaminants

  
  

• Interim report on “Unused Pharmaceuticals in the Health Care Industry”

  
  

• Public-private partnership initiative on proper drug disposal

  
  

• FDA’s recommendations for consumer pharmaceutical waste

  
  

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention policy on Climate Change and Public Health

  
  

• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007

  
  

• Frequently Asked Questions on Global Climate Change provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  
  

• Comprehensive report on the science of climate change and its impact on the United States

  
  

• Environmental Protection Agency’s information on older adults and climate change effects

  
  

• Environmental Protection Agency’s guide to reducing greenhouse gas emissions

  
  

• Environmental Protection Agency’s information on adaptation to climate change

  
  

• The Story of Cosmetics Video

  
  The Story of Cosmetics examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives.

• Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Health Report [PDF]

  
  

• The 2008-2009 President’s Cancer Panel Report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now

  
  

• ANA Handle With Care Site