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Resources, Tools & Educational Materials

Resources

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• Workplace Safety And Needlestick Injuries Are Top Concerns For Nurses (6/24/08) [pdf]
  This press release was put out by ANA to bring awareness to how widespread needlestick injuries are in the health care industry. The release notes ways to minimize this risk, such as using safety syringes, prevention education, and advocacy for safety in the workplace.
• 2008 Study of Nurses’ Views on Workplace Safety and Needlestick Injuries [pdf]
  
• ANA Brochure: Best Practices in Seasonal Influenza Immunization Programs for Health Care Personnel [pdf]
  
• ANA 2007 Study of Injectable Medication Errors [pdf]
  
• ANA Brochure: Preventing Workplace Violence [pdf]
  
• ANA Brochure: Preventing Transmission of Tuberculosis [pdf]
  ANA put together a brochure to discuss tuberculosis transmission risks and prevention. It includes ways to recognize high risk patients and monitor them for possible TB infection.
• ANA Brochure: Preventing Needlestick Injuries: Safe Needles Save Lives [pdf]
  Needlestick injuries are prevalent, dangerous, and preventable. In this ANA brochure, legal protections are discussed along with risks associated with such injuries, procedural ways to prevent injury, and guidelines for choosing safe equipment to minimize risk.
• ANA Brochure: Preventing Back Injuries: Safe Patient Handling and Movement [pdf]
  To help prevent nurse back injuries from moving patients, ANA created this brochure on safe patient handling, including best practices for lifting patients, how to choose lifting devices, and the myths of ergonomics.
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• NIOSH Safety and Health Topic: Occupational Latex Allergies