Healthcare Employee Health Nurses Association of New England

Regulatory agencies 

professional associations 

• American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN)
• Northeast Association of Occupational Health Nurses (NEAOHN) 
• Massachusetts Association of Occupational Health Nurses (MaAOHN)
• American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM)
• New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (NECOEM)
• Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP)

Certification

• American Board for Occupational Health Nurses, Inc. (ABOHN)

reference materials & Useful web siteS

All the INLFUENZA information you ever need!

• American Nurses Association 2010-2011 Seasonal Influenza ToolKit
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Seasonal Influenza
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - 2009 H1N1 Flu  
• Cold vs Flu poster
• Teaching Children About the Flu

Body Fluid Exposures

• Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HBV, HCV, and HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis - 2001
• Updated U.S. Public Health Service Guidelines for the Management of Occupational Exposures to HIV and Recommendations for Postexposure Prophylaxis - 2005
• Bloodborne Pathogen Standard

Contaminated Sharps Injury Prevention

• OSHA: "Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens: Needlestick and Other Sharps Injuries; Final Rule. Jan 18, 2001"

•  OSHA "Standard Interpretations: Safer Medical Devices Must Be Selected Based on Employee Feedback and Device Effectiveness, not Group Purchasing Organizations" - Nov. 21,2002
• OSHA "Standard Interpretations: Employer's Responsibility to Re-evaluate Engineering Controls, i.e. Safer Needle Devices, at Least Annually"  - Jan. 20, 2004 

Employment Screening/ Testing

•  Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures - 1978

EPA New England's Healthcare Home page

• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - New England, Healthcare

Ethylene Oxide  

• OSHA Small Business Guide for Ethylene Oxide - 2009 

Handwashing

• Proper Handwashing (science experiment) 

Hazardous Drugs

• NIOSH Alert on "Preventing Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic and Other Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Facilities"
• Medical Surveillance for Health Care Workers Exposed to Hazardous Drugs
• Nurses Health – A Survey on Health & Chemical Exposure

Hepatitis

• Hepatitis C (MA Dept. of Public Health)

• Hepatitis C - CDC's web page

• Hepatitis B - CDC's website
• Hepatitis A - CDC's web page  

Infection Control

• Guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Personnel, 1998
• PPE Use in Healthcare Settings - CDC PowerPoint Slides

Mesothelioma

• http://www.mesotheliomaweb.org

• www.mesotheliomagroup.com/

• http://www.mesotheliomafund.com/

OSHA Hospital eTool

• OSHA Hospital eTool

Respiratory Protection

• OSHA Video - Respiratory Protection of Healthcare workers  

Safe Patient Handling Guidance & Equipment

• Prevent, Inc. - Safe Patient Handling Program
• New England Medical Systems - Patient Lifts
• McAuley Medical, Inc. - Safe Patient Handling Solutions
• National Patient Safety Center  

Safety in Surgery

• National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health workbook

Smoking cessation

• Smoking cessation for nurses

Tuberculosis

• Tuberculosis Education and Training Resource Guide 2003
• Guidelines for Preventing the Transmission of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Health-Care Settings, 2005  

Vaccines, Immunizations & Vaccine Information Sheets

• Immunization Information and Vaccine Information Sheets
• Immunization of Healthcare Workers - CDC Guidelines
• Vaccines - ACIP Recommendations
• "The Pink Book" - On-line from the CDC
• Guide to Vaccine Contraindications and Precautions

Violence in the Workplace

• More Than Half of Emergency Department Nurses Have Been Physically Assaulted at Work, EHS today, Jul 28, 2009

• Toolkit aimed at curbing violence against ED Nurses - includes resources such as assessment tools, staff education materials, sample policies and research articles and summaries. http://www.ena.org/IENR/ViolenceToolKit/Documents/toolkitpg1.htm

• Stop Workplace Violence

Wellness Program Tools

• CDC's LEAN Works! A Workplace Obesity Prevention Program
• WELCOA Wellness Councils of America - Free Resources

• Power Point slides:  "Implementing a 'Best Practice' Wellness Program"  - Bobbie Orsi, MS, RN, CDE

Winter Health & Safety

•  CDC - When Working in the Cold, Be Prepared and Be Aware
• CDC - The Extreme Cold Prevention Guide 
• Be Prepared: Staying Safe and Healthy in Winter Weather
• Stay safe in cold weather - NIH

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