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Hospitalists Join in Sustainability Efforts
Ms. Wohlford is the director of sustainability for Carilion Clinic. The Roanoke, Va.-based health system has numerous awards and recognitions for its sustainability efforts that include everything from installing solar-power receptors to hiring sheep to keep the lawn. Carilion Clinic. In a world transformed by environmental degradation and the effects of climate change, hospitals can be major generators of greenhouse gases, energy consumption, and waste. But they are also important centers for health and wellness promotion, not just for the patients they serve but also for staff and their communities. That is why a growi...
Source: The Hospitalist - October 3, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Practice Management Source Type: research

New Eliciting Agents of Occupational Asthma
Opinion statementOccupational asthma is a type of asthma that arises from exposures in the workplace. There are more than 400 known causes of occupational asthma and the list is growing. New causes of allergic occupational asthma involving high and low molecular weight agents are continuously being reported. Their knowledge is important for physicians and occupational health and safety professionals to maintain a high level of suspicion in exposed workers to these substances. The majority of new causes of allergic occupational asthma between 2011 and mid-2016 were seen with high-molecular-weight agents. Most new cases are ...
Source: Current Treatment Options in Allergy - May 6, 2017 Category: Allergy & Immunology Source Type: research

U.K. standards of care for occupational contact dermatitis and occupational contact urticaria
This article provides guidance to healthcare professionals dealing with workers exposed to agents that potentially cause OCD and OCU. Specifically it aims to summarize the 2010 British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) systematic review, and also to help practitioners translate the BOHRF guideline into clinical practice. As such, it aims to be of value to physicians and nurses based in primary and secondary care, as well as occupational health and public health clinicians. It is hoped that it will also be of value to employers, interested workers and those with responsibility for workplace standards, such as ...
Source: British Journal of Dermatology - June 5, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: A. Adisesh, E. Robinson, P.J. Nicholson, D. Sen, M. Wilkinson, Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

UK Standards of Care for Occupational Contact Dermatitis and Occupational Contact Urticaria.
This article provides guidance to healthcare professionals dealing with workers exposed to agents that potentially cause OCD and OCU. Specifically it aims to summarise the 2010 British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) systematic review and, secondly, to help practitioners translate the BOHRF guideline into clinical practice. As such, it aims to be of value to physicians and nurses based in primary and secondary care, as well as occupational health and public health clinicians. It is hoped that it will also be of value to employers, interested workers and those with responsibility for workplace standards such...
Source: The British Journal of Dermatology - February 3, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: Adisesh A, Robinson E, Nicholson PJ, Sen D, Wilkinson M Tags: Br J Dermatol Source Type: research

UK Standards of Care for Occupational Contact Dermatitis and Occupational Contact Urticaria
This article provides guidance to healthcare professionals dealing with workers exposed to agents that potentially cause OCD and OCU. Specifically it aims to summarise the 2010 British Occupational Health Research Foundation (BOHRF) systematic review and, secondly, to help practitioners translate the BOHRF guideline into clinical practice. As such, it aims to be of value to physicians and nurses based in primary and secondary care, as well as occupational health and public health clinicians. It is hoped that it will also be of value to employers, interested workers and those with responsibility for workplace standards such...
Source: British Journal of Dermatology - February 3, 2013 Category: Dermatology Authors: A. Adisesh, E. Robinson, P.J. Nicholson, D. Sen, M. Wilkinson Tags: Review Article Source Type: research