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The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released 2 new modules for tracking sharps incidents, blood, and body fluid exposures. The Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN), a free, voluntary system “uniquely available” to U.S. health care facilities, collects injury, data such as date of injury or illness, location of incident, description of illness, and days away from work. The information is intended to help facilities identify high-risk jobs, develop interventions for safety and health of hospital staff, and objectively measure impact over time.
The modules join others that track incidence of slips, trips, and falls; patient handling injuries; and workplace violence.
The OHSN developers say that the secure electronic system hosts facilities across 20 states, all providing data to the web-based portal. The system allows participants to determine the root cause for each incident, analyzes the data, and presents the results in easy-to-read charts. Members can use OHSN to analyze and report workplace-specific data to illustrate the magnitude of injury and illness events among workers, monitor trends, and access a library of resources specific to health care.
As the pool of participants expands, “an increasingly more accurate picture can be drawn,” NIOSH says, and recommendations, interventions, and prevention strategies utilized.
To enroll, visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/enrollment.html?s_cid=3ni7d2niupdateOHSN-Enroll032017.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released 2 new modules for tracking sharps incidents, blood, and body fluid exposures. The Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN), a free, voluntary system “uniquely available” to U.S. health care facilities, collects injury, data such as date of injury or illness, location of incident, description of illness, and days away from work. The information is intended to help facilities identify high-risk jobs, develop interventions for safety and health of hospital staff, and objectively measure impact over time.
The modules join others that track incidence of slips, trips, and falls; patient handling injuries; and workplace violence.
The OHSN developers say that the secure electronic system hosts facilities across 20 states, all providing data to the web-based portal. The system allows participants to determine the root cause for each incident, analyzes the data, and presents the results in easy-to-read charts. Members can use OHSN to analyze and report workplace-specific data to illustrate the magnitude of injury and illness events among workers, monitor trends, and access a library of resources specific to health care.
As the pool of participants expands, “an increasingly more accurate picture can be drawn,” NIOSH says, and recommendations, interventions, and prevention strategies utilized.
To enroll, visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/enrollment.html?s_cid=3ni7d2niupdateOHSN-Enroll032017.
The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released 2 new modules for tracking sharps incidents, blood, and body fluid exposures. The Occupational Health Safety Network (OHSN), a free, voluntary system “uniquely available” to U.S. health care facilities, collects injury, data such as date of injury or illness, location of incident, description of illness, and days away from work. The information is intended to help facilities identify high-risk jobs, develop interventions for safety and health of hospital staff, and objectively measure impact over time.
The modules join others that track incidence of slips, trips, and falls; patient handling injuries; and workplace violence.
The OHSN developers say that the secure electronic system hosts facilities across 20 states, all providing data to the web-based portal. The system allows participants to determine the root cause for each incident, analyzes the data, and presents the results in easy-to-read charts. Members can use OHSN to analyze and report workplace-specific data to illustrate the magnitude of injury and illness events among workers, monitor trends, and access a library of resources specific to health care.
As the pool of participants expands, “an increasingly more accurate picture can be drawn,” NIOSH says, and recommendations, interventions, and prevention strategies utilized.
To enroll, visit https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/enrollment.html?s_cid=3ni7d2niupdateOHSN-Enroll032017.