(Ebook) Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care: A Practical Guide by Amber Hogan Mitchell ISBN 9783030560386, 9783030560393, 3030560384, 3030560392

(Ebook) Preventing Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care: A Practical Guide by Amber Hogan Mitchell ISBN 9783030560386, 9783030560393, 3030560384, 3030560392

Hospitals are dangerous places to work—injury and illness rates among healthcare
workers is far higher than the rates among construction workers or coal miners.
Keeping healthcare workers safe is the key to keeping patients safe. An important
component of this is prevention of infectious disease.

If anyone doubted the importance of preventing occupational exposure to infectious
disease in healthcare settings, the global COVID-19 pandemic surely changed
that. Healthcare workers were on the front line, fighting the epidemic and saving
lives. Thousands of these workers were sickened by the virus, and many died.

Failure to adequately protect healthcare workers contributed to the spread of the
epidemic. The absence of adequate preventive programs, especially at the beginning
of the epidemic, infected some workers and required many to be quarantined. This
left fewer to treat patients, making the work of the remaining workers that much
more difficult and increasing their risk of infection.

Protecting healthcare workers from infectious disease is not rocket science. We
know how to do it right, enabling healthcare workers to be safe while providing the
best care to patients and clients.

Much of what needs to be done is explained in clear terms in this book, Preventing
Occupational Exposures to Infectious Disease in Health Care: A Practical Guide.
Dr. Amber Hogan Mitchell uses her decades of experience in occupational safety
and health and infection prevention to provide valuable information and practical
guidance that will be useful to anyone in the healthcare sector.