Writing in this month's American Journal of Public Health, experts say more should be done to increase these programs, especially at smaller companies.
According to the survey, more than one-third of Americans are at increased risk for insomnia.
The recommendations pertain only to bombings and other mass-casualty events, the agency noted, and not to "routine" emergency responses.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it changed all three strains for this year's influenza vaccine -- an unusual occurrence because usually only one or two strains are updated from year to year.
While AEDs are increasingly being installed in public gathering places such as stadiums, shopping malls, hotels, airports, and bus terminals, their use in the workplace is just beginning to gain momentum, said Brian Trusky, vice president of loss prevention at Moss & Associates.
ASTM International Committee B05 on Copper and Copper Alloys has created a new task group, TG9018, which will be focused on the Antimicrobial Applications of Copper and Copper Alloys. The task group was formed following the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's announcement of its registration of copper alloys as antimicrobial materials with specific health claims.
A $284 million project to build 132 new medical clinics will be finished by September, the commander of the Corps of Engineers’ Gulf Region Division said Sunday.
"We favor a balanced approach for payment that recognizes institutions that are making progress in reducing infections, rather than an all-or-nothing system based solely on non-payment for infections deemed preventable," said APIC CEO Kathy Warye.
As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, the health care system in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast shows encouraging signs of recovery, reports a special August issue of The American Journal of the Medical Sciences.
As part of the campaign, results of a new survey of American adults showed that while nearly 60 percent of those at increased risk for insomnia say that their symptoms affect their daily activities at least a few days a week, only about half of those at increased risk for insomnia have actually initiated a conversation with their healthcare professional about their sleep issues.
China has the second highest number of cases of human rabies in the world, according to the report. In 2006, 140,000 animal bites were reported in Beijing, and, throughout China, nearly 3,300 people died from rabies the same year.
Jeffrey Runge headed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration before moving to Homeland Security.
Representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Marshals Service yesterday seized $24.2 million worth of unapproved new drugs from KV Pharmaceutical Company of St. Louis, Mo.
The awards were presented Tuesday at the NORA Symposium 2008 that NIOSH sponsored.
The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology have released a scientific statement on the need for more research for the connection between heart disease and sleep apnea. The statement will be published online in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
A new review suggests that current statistics on medical mistakes might not be comprehensive because they do not factor in all inpatient costs or include readmissions and patient care for the 90 days following surgery.
An amicus brief filed in the case last year by the American Hospital Association and other heath care organizations urged that hospitals "be allowed the full freedom afforded by HCQIA to protect patients and to improve the quality of care," and that the judgment of the lower court be reversed.
"It takes a lot of energy to run a hospital," said Dale Woodin, executive director of ASHE. "As health care organizations look for ways to control costs and improve patient care, they are engineering energy efficient solutions that will pay off handsomely in three or four years."
Nurses interested in updating their clinical skills also can choose to attend one of the two three-day preconference workshops slated for Sept. 8-10.