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T E Rymer

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PubMed1997

Occupational health and the the provision of nursing care for older adults.

Providing nursing care to the senior citizen is a rewarding and exciting area of nursing. Care is provided in a vast array of settings from home health and day care to extended residential care sites. These challenges require health care workers to be adaptive and innovative, attentive to detail, compassionate teachers, and promoters of safety for their patients and for themselves. An understanding of the transmission of microorganisms, knowledge of protective mechanisms, and a focus on safety will help ensure good health for the nurse and the elder client. Maintenance of occupational safety and health are combined efforts for the employee and the employer working together to ensure a safe environment for those who need services and those who provide them.

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Nurses: at special risk.

Nurses are at occupational risk for many infections, but it was not until human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) was recognized that a work-acquired infection was uniformly fatal. Other work-acquired infections, including tuberculosis, rubella, measles, varicella, and the viral hepatitides, may cause morbidity for the nurse and his/her family. Although the number of nurses who acquire occupational infections is small, each has a unique personal story, and all will have their productivity affected. A few will lose their lives to infections acquired on the job. Although all occupational infections cannot be prevented, understanding the chain of infection and how to break the links can go a long way in reducing risks and maintaining health for all health care workers.

Bacterial Infections↗