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Protecting healthcare workers from H&S hazards

Tuesday, November 3, 2015: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
Session Objectives: Identify new health and safety hazards in the health care industry. Discuss intervention efforts in order to reduce exposures and health effects experienced by workers in healthcare settings.
Moderator:
Dorothy Wigmore, M.S.

4:30pm
Safe cleaning and disinfecting for home care aide and client health   
Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH, Pia Markkanen, ScD, Catherine Galligan, MSc, Susan Sama, ScD, Nancy Goodyear, Ph.D., MT(ASCP), CLS(NCA), David Kriebel, ScD, Rebecca Gore, PhD, Natalie Brouillette, MSc, Daniel Okyere, BSc, MSc, RN, Chuan Sun, MSc, Letitia Davis, ScD, Elise Pechter, MPH, CIH and Angela Laramie, MPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
4:46pm
Presentation - Dorothy Wigmore   
5:02pm
Evaluating the connection between home care aide and patient safety using the care bond   
Daniel Okyere, BSc, MSc, RN, Margaret M. Quinn, ScD, CIH, David Kriebel, ScD, Manuel Cifuentes, MD, ScD, Pia Markkanen, ScD, Catherine Galligan, MSc, Susan Sama, ScD, Rebecca Gore, PhD, Natalie Brouillette, MSc and Chuan Sun, MSc
5:18pm
Surgical Smoke and Healthcare Worker Health and Safety   
Andrea L. Steege, PhD, MPH, Jim Boiano, MS, CIH and Marie Haring Sweeney, PhD
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)
5:34pm
Burden of occupationally-acquired infections among healthcare workers   
Rachael Jones, PhD, MPH
5:50pm
Protecting workers from occupational exposure to Ebola virus: OSHA's preparedness and response activities during the 2014 Ebola outbreak   
Christopher Brown, MS, MPH, CPH
Audio (mp3) recording Recorded Presentation (mp4)

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Organized by: Occupational Health and Safety
Endorsed by: Vietnam Caucus

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