Science news articles about 'health care workers'

... on the brink of making robotic surgery routine, it makes sense to have a remote medical care system that can support nursing staff, care managers and other health care workers.

A man who was rejected for a job as a health-care worker at a senior's home in Nelson, B.C., because of his gender has been awarded nearly $12,000 by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

A wireless, credit-card-sized sensor that can detect whether health care workers have properly washed their hands upon entering a patient's room is being studied at the Virginia Commonwealth ...

New Brunswick health-care workers will be the first in Canada to roll up their sleeves and get the swine flu shot starting Thursday.

About 300 unionized health-care workers rallied at the Saskatchewan legislature Monday to protest the pace and substance of contract negotiations with the group representing health regions in the ...

Surgical masks appear to be no worse than, and nearly as effective as N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers, according to a new study.

... their significant concern with current federal guidance concerning the use of personal protective equipment by health care workers in treating suspected or confirmed cases of 2009 H1N1 influenza.

... impact on decisions about how best to protect health care workers. Infectious diseases specialist Leonard ... risk of disease acquisition among health care workers (HCWs). For no other common infectious ...

... -based instruction is an effective way to teach health care professionals," says Dr. Cook. "We now ... available content that is easily updated. "As health care workers balance challenging practice demands ...

Mr. Olson was a former union vice president who played a major role in expanding the nation’s largest health care workers’ local.

Health care workers welcomed the government's budget investments in electronic health and medical records but said it missed an opportunity to increase the supply of health providers.

Health-care recruiters in Saskatchewan are hoping Irish eyes will soon be smiling on the province.

... issues, such as assuring that medication and infection risks are minimized, before they enter professional health care settings," said Carla Dyer, assistant professor in the MU School of Medicine. " ...

Hundreds of health-care workers contacted Alberta Health Services by Thursday, one day after the board announced it will soon offer a voluntary early-retirement plan as its latest move to reduce a $1. ...

... sector is critical, with benefits to home health care workers and patients alike. "Dr. Gershon' ... MPH, dean of the Mailman School of Public Health. "This research is especially important since we know ...