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Employee Health and Infection Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Daniel J. Diekema  and
Bradley N. Doebbeling
Daniel J. Diekema*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases, the University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa
Bradley N. Doebbeling
Affiliation:
Division of General Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology, and Health Services Research, the University of Iowa College of Medicine, and the Veterans' Affairs Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
*
Fellow Associate, Division of Infectious Diseases, C-31 GH, 200 Hawkins Dr, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242
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Abstract

Hospital employees are at risk for exposure to a variety of communicable diseases, which they may transmit to patients and other workers. The employee health service plays a critical role in an effective infection control program.

In this article, we outline the major responsibilities of the employee health service and summarize key current recom-endations for management of exposures.

Type
Practical Healthcare Epidemiology
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , May 1995 , pp. 292 - 301
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1995

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