Download or read book Healthcare Workers Attitudes and Compliance Regarding Personal Protective Equipment PPE and Use of the Safe Zone written by Francis A. Oke and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) result in an estimated 75,000 patient deaths annually with an estimated cost of 30 billion dollars. The use of personal protective equipment (PPE) as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) can help prevent HAIs and improve patient outcomes; however, reported findings for the compliance rate of healthcare workers (HCWs) for PPE is conflicting. The purpose of this project was to explore healthcare workers' attitudes towards and compliance with PPE. -- from the abstract

Download or read book Certifying Personal Protective Technologies written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-04-16 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When you purchase a product, you expect it to work. Construction workers on high-rise buildings need to be confident that their safety harnesses will arrest a fall. Firefighters need to know that their gloves and other protective equipment can withstand high temperatures. Healthcare workers administering highly toxic chemotherapy agents need to know that their gloves will withstand penetration. For personal protective technologies (PPT)-where the major purpose of the product is to protect the wearer against a hazard-a deficit in product effectiveness can mean injury, illness, or death. Examining the extent to which products meet specific performance or design criteria is the focus of conformity assessment efforts. For PPT conformity assessment, the ultimate goal is preventing worker illness, injury, or death from hazardous working conditions. Certifying Personal Protective Technologies focuses on conformity assessment for occupational PPT-ensuring that PPT are effective in preventing or reducing hazardous exposures or situations that workers face in their jobs. Because respirators already have an extensive testing and conformity assessment process in place, this book specifically addresses conformity assessment processes for other types of PPT, including eye and face protection, gloves, hearing protectors, and protective clothing.

Download or read book Assessing the Need for Personal Protective Equipment written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book USP 800 Compliance A Hazardous Drug Safe Handling PPE Toolkit for Infusion Nurses written by Cynthia Huff and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Problem: Safety concerns have existed for more than 40 years about how hazardous drug (HD) exposure contributes to long- and short-term adverse health outcomes for healthcare workers (HCWs). Careless handling may cause toxic residues to infiltrate hospital environments and patient care areas, and can even be traced to patients' homes. New government regulations will require healthcare organizations to minimize exposure risks to HCWs by fully implementing the U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) Convention Chapter 800: Hazardous Drugs: Handling in Healthcare Settings (USP, 2016) on December 1, 2019. According to Polovich and Olsen (2017), "The implementation of the USP 800 Standards will represent an important step forward for nurses and other potentially exposed HCWs". Context:The proposed Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project will implement an HD safe-handling personal protective equipment (PPE) toolkit at an ambulatory cancer infusion center to improve nurses' adherence with the USP 800 Standards and hospital policies addressing PPE use when handling, administering, and disposing of HD. Proposed Interventions: Interventions for this project will consist of (a) an HD safe-handling PPE toolkit for infusion nurses, (b) a PPE observation tool, (c) an expert panel discussion, (d) a nurses' skills session, (e) safe-handling adherence between observation and self-assessment survey, (f) hazardous drug administration safe handling peer-to-peer checklist, and (g) a performance dashboard to display progress. Proposed Outcome Measures: Outcome measures include (a) 90% or higher compliance rates with PPE use and (b) sustained adherence to USP 800 Standards and hospital policies for safe HD handling to 100% by February 2020.

Download or read book Non Usage of Personal Protective Equipment Among Industrial Workers and its Effects written by Samuel Olufade and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Project Report from the year 2016 in the subject Organisation and administration - Disaster control, grade: 3.56, , course: Environmental Health, language: English, abstract: Personal protective devices are equipment used in industries/factories mainly by workers to prevent/protect themselves from hazards that may arise during the course of carrying out their duties. Personal protective devices are considered as last line of protection or defense for workers against different types of hazards after all engineering measures to minimize or control hazards from the source itself has been exhausted. It is worthy to note that industrial evolution has brought great development to the economy of the world at large. However, the consequence that comes with this development are quite unnoticeable. These neglected side effects of industrialization have greatly contributed to the world problems, mostly especially on the health of the workers. The workers are exposed to various degrees of hazards present or generated in the work environment leading to accidents deafness, cuts, abrasion, blindness, respiratory diseases, disabilities etc. resulting from negligence on the part of the workers, non-compliance to the rules and regulations guiding industrial processes and mostly the non-usage of personal protective devices. Generally, sawmills as an industry have potential hazards which have imparts or consequences on the workers mostly when personal protective devices are not use. Akoti sawmill has provision for personal protective devices but the workers do not make effective use of them, which predisposes the workers to hazards which can result into injury, cuts, deafness, blindness, impaired hearing, heart problems, respiratory diseases, headaches, dizziness, accidents, high blood pressure, Asthma and all other diseases and disabilities and even so it can also lead to death. Therefore, awareness should be made so as to protect and promote the health of workers thereby enhancing productivity. Personal protective equipment’s are equipment’s which must be worn by every industrial] factories workers before starting] handling any factory work: some of the personal protective devices include gloves, body covering apron, boots, googles or face shield, head or neck coverings, mouth and nose guards etc. Based on these observations, this prompted me to carry out the research on non-usage of personal protective devices so as to know the reason and. effects of non-usage of those devices/ equipment by industrial/ factory workers.

Download or read book The Personal Protective Technology Program at NIOSH written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-10-25 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maintaining the health and safety of workers in the United States and globally is accomplished in part by reducing hazardous exposures through the use of personal protective equipment. Personal protective technologies (PPT) include respirators worn by construction workers and miners; protective clothing, respirators, and gloves worn by firefighters and mine rescue workers; and respirators and protective clothing worn by healthcare workers. An estimated 5 million workers are required to wear respirators in 1.3 million U.S. workplaces. For some occupations, such as firefighting, the worker's protective equipment is the only form of protection against life-threatening hazards; for other workers, the PPT is a supplement to ventilation and other environmental, engineering, or administrative hazard controls. In the United States, federal responsibility for civilian worker PPT is integral to the mission of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This book examines the NIOSH Personal Protective Technology Program (PPT Program) and specifically focuses on the relevance and impact of this program in reducing hazardous exposures and improving worker health and safety.

Download or read book Increasing Compliance of Personal Protective Equipment S Election and Use for Isolation Precautions Among RNs NAs on a Med Surg Unit written by Megan R. Alsmeyer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Due to the high potential of transferring infectious diseases and/or organisms among patients, themselves, and the community, healthcare workers (HCWs) must be knowledgeable and confident in selecting the appropriate type of personal protective equipment (PPE), and the use in technique when putting on (donning) and removing (doffing) PPE based on the level of isolation precautions required for the patient being cared for. Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to determine whether assessing the knowledge and actual practice with observing, and utilizing an innovative approach of video and educational tools to isolation precautions would improve the consistency of compliance with PPE selection and use among registered nurses (RNs) and nursing assistants (NAs) on a medical-surgical unit. Methodology: The theoretical framework incorporated in the study was Schon's Theory of Reflective Practice. A pre-intervention questionnaire was distributed, and pre- and post-intervention observations were conducted to evaluate PPE selection and use by RNs and NAs. Results: The pre-intervention data from both the knowledge questionnaire and the observations showed various inconsistencies in RNs' and NAs' PPE technique and selection choice. A comparison of the pre- and post-intervention observation data showed that there was significant increase in all four analyzed categories--hand hygiene (45% to 70%), selection of PPE (79% to 80%), sequence of putting on PPE (70% to 85%), and sequence of removing PPE (76% to 85%). Recommendations: Future research studies should plan for a longer period of time to assess and collect pre- and post-intervention data, and include a larger sample. An expanded research project should also examine the correlation between HCWs' compliance rates with PPE and isolation precautions, and the incidence of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). Keywords: isolation precautions, personal protective equipment (PPE), compliance, Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL), healthcare-associated infections, infection control, patient care

Download or read book Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 4 written by Henry H. Willis and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006-04-26 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It gives guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE), focusing on required modifications to responders' typical PPE ensembles because of the duration of response and the need to prevent exposures to likely hazards from pathogens, airborne dusts, and gaseous hazardous materials.

Download or read book Keeping Patients Safe written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses' working conditions and demands. Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform â€" monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis â€" provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. health care system. During the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care â€" and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk. This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.

Download or read book Guideline for the Development of Personal Protective Equipment Programs for Small Business Owners written by and published by AIHA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guidelines for Protecting the Safety and Health of Health Care Workers written by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Division of Standards Development and Technology Transfer and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2019-04-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Protecting the health and safety of health care workers is vital to the health of each of us. Preparing for and responding to a future influenza pandemic or to a sustained outbreak of an airborne transmissible disease requires a high-level commitment to respiratory protection for health care workers across the wide range of settings in which they work and the jobs that they perform. Keeping health care workers healthy is an ethical commitment both in terms of addressing the occupational risks faced by health care workers and of providing for the continuity of patient care and services needed to maintain the health of individuals and communities. During a public health emergency, challenges will arise concerning the availability of respiratory protective devices (i.e., respirators). Reusable respirators (specifically, reusable half-facepiece elastomeric respirators) are the standard respiratory protection device used in many industries, and they provide an option for use in health care that has to date not been fully explored. The durability and reusability of elastomeric respirators make them desirable for stockpiling for emergencies, where the need for large volumes of respirators can be anticipated. However, they are used infrequently in health care. Reusable Elastomeric Respirators in Health Care explores the potential for the use of elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities. This report examines the practicability of elastomeric use in health care on a routine basis and during an influenza pandemic or other large aerosol-transmissible outbreak, when demand for respiratory protective devices by U.S. health care personnel may be larger than domestic supplies. The report also addresses the issues regarding emergency stockpile management of elastomeric respiratory protective devices.

Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/

Download or read book Health Care Worker Safety Checklists written by Carolyn Schierhorn and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Health care organizations are committed to the safety of the patients receiving care, treatment, and services. Health care organizations are also committed to the safety of those who serve those patients--health care workers, whether they be nurses, physicians, medical technicians, pharmacists, lab workers, housekeeping staff. This new book from The Joint Commission pulls together a collection of checklists to keep those health care workers safe from chemical and physical hazards, infectious agents, workplace violence, ergonomic problems, work-related stress, and more. The checklists are built upon authoritative guidelines from OSHA, NIOSH, CDC, and others and are intended to simplify health care worker safety. Most of the checklists are intended for use by health care workers themselves, depending upon their clinical or other responsibilities. Some of the checklists are intended for management to ensure that policies, procedures, and resources are in place to ensure health care worker safety in all areas of the organization. All of the checklists are straightforward and easy to use and understand and cover the key areas of risk for health care workers. Each section of checklists is introduced by compelling statistics that show how dangerous working in the health care environment can be, without proper precautions. The checklists provide the procedures or must-do activities to ensure that health care workers are as safe as can be.

Download or read book Insights in Occupational Health and Safety 2021 written by Luigi Vimercati and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-09-05 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The PPE Handbook for Healthcare Facilities written by Marjorie Quint-Bouzid and published by Hcpro, a Division of Simplify Compliance. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PPE Handbook for Healthcare Facilities Marjorie Quint-Bouzid, MPA, RN In the tense moments when a healthcare organization first encounters a hazardous situation or patient, proper PPE training is put to use in order to protect the facility s other occupants and employees while minimizing risk. The only way to ensure your staff is ready for such a situation is through organizationwide awareness and training. The PPE Handbook for Healthcare Facilities, sold in packs of five, is the perfect tool to give staff the knowledge and know-how of proper PPE usage. This handbook clarifies confusing PPE situations as well as when and how to properly implement best practices. Don t wait to train until after a hazardous situation has already occurred the time for training and best practices is now This handbook offers frontline staff: The proper techniques involved with using PPE Detailed diagrams that demonstrate donning and doffing PPE, identify different kinds of PPE, and delineate where each PPE type is used Information from multiple government resources, such as the CDC and OSHA, presented in an easy-to-use, one-stop reference tool "

Download or read book Examining the Issue of Compliance with Personal Protective Equipment Among Wastewater Workers Across the Southeast Region of the United States written by Tamara L. Wright and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author's abstract: Wastewater workers are exposed to different occupational hazards such as chemicals, gases, viruses, and bacteria. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a significant factor that can reduce or increase the probability of an accident from hazardous exposures to chemicals and microbial contaminants. The purpose of this study was to identify wastewater worker’s beliefs and practices on wearing PPE and protections offered by PPE through the integration of the Health Belief Model (HBM). Participants were workers in the wastewater industry, which included wastewater operators, laboratory analysts, maintenance workers, wastewater collection workers, equipment operators, managers, and supervisors (n=272). The instrument was a self-administered survey that assessed the participants’ demographics, knowledge, and compliance with wearing PPE. The internal consistency and reliability of the summarized scales in the survey instrument were determined by Cronbach’s alpha statistical analysis. Descriptive statistical analysis was conducted to present frequency distributions of participants’ knowledge, and compliance with wearing PPE. Simple and multiple linear regression models were applied to determine the association of predictors of interest with PPE compliance. The summary of findings from this study include: 1) Perceived susceptibility and perceived severity were positively associated with PPE compliance; this association was statistically significant (p