Health Hub: Nurses and Healthcare Professionals

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While much of the information in the E-Learning Health and Safety Resource Community applies to all AFT members, this page provides information specific for healthcare settings for AFT Nurses and Health Professionals. Healthcare workers face multiple occupational hazards on a daily basis, including infectious disease, workplace violence and bullying, stress, fatigue, exposure to hazardous drugs and chemicals, and injuries from lifting and transferring patients. More resources on these and other hazards will be added regularly. Contact Sara Markle-Elder at smarkle@aft.org for more information on hazards in healthcare.

The Impact of Unsafe Staffing on Your Safety and Health

Poor Staffing Leads to Injuries and Illness for Healthcare Workers

All Airborne Infectious Disease

All Hazards Hospital Checklist
Link to NIOSH site: Respiratory Protection Information Trusted Source | NPPTL | NIOSH | CDC
Link to the ASHRAE site on hospital ventilation: Health Care Facilities Resources - 170 (ashrae.org)
Link to the NIOSH site: Expedient Patient Isolation Rooms | NIOSH | CDC
Link to the NIOSH site: Ventilated Headboards | NIOSH | CDC

COVID Resources

Making OSHA Complaints on COVID-19 Following the Removal of the OSHA ETS
COVID-19 Testing Recommendations
COVID-19 Resources for Environmental Service Workers
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Link to COVID-19 Healthcare ETS | Occupational Safety and Health Administration (osha.gov)
Link to OSHA's Revised National Emphasis Program for COVID-19

Webinar Slides: Better Protection from COVID-19

Workplace Violence in Healthcare

Workplace Violence in Healthcare: A Growing Problem
Congressional Factsheet 2023
Link: Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for Healthcare and Social Service Workers (osha.gov)
Link to recorded NIOSH webinar: Workplace Violence Prevention for Nurses | NIOSH | CDC