Publications
- Back injury prevention for health care [3345]
- Radiation protection in health care [SS-148]
- Safe patient/resident handling guide [S-877]
- NIOSH Hazard Review: Occupational hazards in home health care [2010-125]
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COMBATIVE RESIDENTS MIRROR THEIR REALITY | 1997, 23 minutes GENSAFE-28 | Discussed how the health care worker can deal with the challenges of combative behavior effectively by: conducting a thorough assessment, developing realistic goals, creating a plan to prevent and manage combative behaviors, discovering and validating the resident's reality, this video uses scenarios to review how the healthcare worker can understand, prevent and manage combative behaviors.
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EASY ERGONOMICS FOR CAREGIVERS: TODAY'S WORKPLACE SERIES | 2004, 15 minutes ERGO-11 | This edition of Today's Workplace reviews basic ergonomic principles using real world examples. Join us as we address simple and practical methods for reducing ergonomic risk factors and potential injuries. Practicing sound ergonomics in the work environment will help insure that caregivers are free from injury, working comfortably and available to help those who count on them.
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HOME HEALTH SAFETY OREIENTATION | 1999, 20 minutes GENSAFE-13 | This important program will help you recognize the potential dangers of working in a home care setting. It provides important safety tips to protect yourself and your patients. This video based training program will touch on several different typed of hazards which home health personnel are faced with on a daily basis.
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LATEX ALLERGY: STOP THE REACTION | 1998, 22 minutes OCCUPAT-18 | For the health care industry. Excellent video discussing latex exposures, allergy and interventions. Great "awareness" video. Includes testimonials. Included with video:
- Participant handbook
- Quick reference sheet
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PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR THE HEALTH CARE SETTING: Protect Yourself, Protect Others | 2004, 12 minutes PPE-07 | This video provides demonstrations of donning and removal of PPE and appropriate hand hygiene. The goal of this program is to increase the safety of the health care work environment and promote patient safety through improved use of PPE by health care personnel.
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RESPIRATORS: YOUR TB DEFENSE | 2002, 16 min (DVD) OCCUPAT-01 | This program is designed to educate health care workers on proper respiratory protection. Also includes the written NIOSH guide to developing a respiratory protection program. Emmy award winner Loretta Swit hosts this presentation. Also on DVD is 'TB Respiratory Protection: Administrator's Review' with total running time of 48 minutes. Included with DVD video:
- Written NIOSH guide (in pdf format) to developing a respiratory protective program.
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RESPIRATORS: YOUR TB DEFENSE | 2002, 16 min (VHS) OCCUPAT-02 | This program is designed to educate health care workers on proper respiratory protection. Also includes the written NIOSH guide to developing a respiratory protection program. Emmy award winner Loretta Swit hosts this presentation. Also on DVD is 'TB Respiratory Protection: Administrator's Review' with total running time of 48 minutes. Included with DVD video:
- Written NIOSH guide (in pdf format) to developing a respiratory protective program.
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