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Article: Research reports on occupational medicine from H. Alamgir and colleagues provide new insights.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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" Previous epidemiological studies have conflicting suggestions on the association of occupational injury risks with employment category across industries. This specific issue has not been examined for direct patient care occupations in the health care sector," researchers in Vancouver, Canada report (see also Occupational Medicine).
" To investigate whether work-related injury rates differ by employment category (part time, full time or casual) for registered nurses (RNs) in acute care and care aides (CAs) in long-term facilities. Incidents of occupational injury resulting in compensated time loss from work, over a 1-year period within three health regions in ...