Infectious Diseases PPE Wellness 
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 17, 2024
Ensuring the safety and well-being of both patients and staff is paramount. These protocols entail the use of personal protective equipment (PPE), safe handling of sharps, and comprehensive training. In healthcare settings, a key concern is the risk of exposure to infectious diseases.
American Medical Compliance
JANUARY 25, 2024
The year 2024 marks another significant chapter in the healthcare industry’s ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and the numbers speak volumes. As healthcare heroes continue their unwavering service on the front lines, the spotlight remains firmly fixed on the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 23, 2023
The Employees Returning to Work Infection Control Compliance (ICC) course is designed to educate employees on how to protect themselves and others and mitigate community transmission of infectious diseases. They reduce the spread of infectious diseases in the workplace. ICC training sets industry standards.
American Medical Compliance
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
What is personal protective equipment (PPE)? Use of the ATD Standard Cal/OSHA requires employers covered by the Aerosol Transmissible Disease (ATD) Standard (California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 5199) to protect employees from airborne infectious disease such as COVID-19 and pathogens transmitted by aerosols.
PEMBlog
DECEMBER 4, 2024
Post exposure prophylaxis is recommended for household contacts, so the people that the index patient lives with, any high risk individual, and infant, pregnant women, or immune compromised individuals that have been in any sort of contact with the person with pertussis, and and a health care worker exposed without appropriate PPE.
Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA
OCTOBER 9, 2024
This list is not all inclusive, there may be other challenges as well. Is PPE (personal protective equipment) readily available and appropriate for any existing job hazards? The following are a few infection control items that are to be assessed and ensure they are operating correctly for a facility to reopen.
EB Medicine
DECEMBER 1, 2018
Jeff: The information contained in this article comes from articles found on pubmed, the cochrane database, center for disease control, and the world health organization. Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics.
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