Contains two guides titled Guide on respiratory protection against bioaerosols : recommendations on its selection and use and Airborne infectious disease management : methods for temporary negative pressure isolation

Includes bibliographical references and index

Overview of health and safety in the health care environment / David A. Sterling -- Epidemiology / James M. Boiano [and others] -- Back injury prevention in health care / William Charney [and others] -- Emerging infectious diseases / William Charney [and others] -- Disinfection and infection control / Erica J. Stewart [and others] -- Progress in preventing sharps injuries in the United States / Jane Perry [and others] -- Violence in the health care industry / Jane Lipscomb [and others] -- Prevention of slip, trip, and fall hazards for workers in hospital settings / James W. Collins, Jennifer L. Bell -- Ergonomics / Margaret Wan, Jocelyn Villeneuve, Guy Fragala -- Chemodrugs / Thomas P. Fuller -- Tuberculosis engineering controls / Lorraine M. Conroy [and others] -- Electrocautery smoke: reasons for scavenging / Jacob D. Paz [and others] -- Safe use of ethylene oxide in the hospital environment / Arthur R. Reich -- Monitoring aldehydes / Edward W. Finucane, William Charney -- Pentamidine / William Charney, Lawrence Rose, Patricia Quinlan -- Ribavirin / Jim Bellows [and others] -- Trace anesthetic gas / Edward W. Finucane [and others] -- Cost-benefit / William Charney, Donald Maynes -- Clinical approach to glove dermatitis and latex allergy / Dennis Shusterman -- Latex glove use: essentials in modern hospital safety / Wava M. Truscott -- Health and safety hazards of shiftwork: implications for health care workers and strategies for prevention / Joseph Schirmer -- Radiation protection in hospitals / Jean-Pierre Gauvin -- Reproductive hazards in hospitals / Lindsey V. Kayman -- Medical waste / Michael L. Garvin, Herb B. Kuhn, Elaine Peters -- The occupational hazards of home health care / Elaine Askari, Barbara DeBaun -- Caring until it hurts: how nursing work is becoming the most dangerous job in America / Service Employees International Union -- Laboratory safety / Wayne Wood -- Biological exposure index testing: two case studies / William Charney, Martin Lipnowski, Lee Wugofski -- Functions and staffing of a hospital safety office / Lindsey V. Kayman, John F. Clemons -- Education for action: an innovative approach to training hospital employees / Merri Weinger, Nina Wallerstein -- Stress factors / Laura A. Job [and others] -- Case studies of health care workers in the compensation system / Lenora S. Colbert