Guest Editorials

Assumed risk: Healthcare workers and SARS
Gary L. Simon, MD, PhD

Perhaps I shouldn't go home? Healthcare's new fear
Steven J. Davidson, MD, MBA

Healthcare Safety News

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Single- vs. multiple-victim psychiatric patient assaults on staff: A preliminary inquiry
Raymond B. Flannery, Jr., PhD
Stephen Rachlin, MD
Andrew P. Walker, BA

Splash protection in the surgical environment: Influencing factors and an observational
instrument to evaluate compliance
Eric Meittunen, MS; Anne Mehnke, RN; Sharon Mercill, RN
Jeff Nesbit, BS, ASP; Al Ottjes, CSA; Elizabeth Thompson, BSN, RN
Steve Sobczak, MIS, CSP, CIH; Patricia Luker

Preventing back injury to healthcare workers using lift teams: Data from 18 hospitals
William Charney, DOH

Violence toward nurse aides in nursing homes: Effects on mental health
Jeanne Geiger-Brown, PhD, RN; Carles Muntaner, MD, PhD
Jane Lipscomb, PhD, RN, FAAN; Kathleen McPhaul, RN, MPH

Implementing a fall prevention program at an inpatient hospice facility
Kathleen Strebe, RN, BSN, CHPN
Pamela Melbourne, RN, MN

A fresh approach to workplace safety: An executive summary
Donald P. Maynes
Carol H. Patterson, DrPH, MBA, CPA

The contribution of ergonomics to the prevention of musculoskeletal lesions
among ambulance technicians
Rafat Massad, ASSTSAS
Christiane Gambin, ASSTSAS
Lisette Duval, ASSTSAS