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May 4-10, 2008: 2008 North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week
The Association of Occupational Health Professionals
and a number of other Alliance Program participants are
supporting 2008 NAOSH Week, "Safety is Good Business."
Sponsored annually by the American Society of Safety
Engineers and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering,
the Week focuses on the importance of preventing injuries
and illnesses in the workplace. Visit this site
http://www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh08/partners.php for
more information.
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Annual Executive Board Election Vote between July 18 and August 1, 2008.
This year we will be voting for the offices of Executive Vice President, Executive Treasurer, Region 1, Region 3 and Region 5 Directors.
You may view the candidates’ position statements, biographical data and the bylaws changes information.
For more information, CLICK HERE.
AOHP 2008 Conference – Sept 17-20, 2008 Denver, CO
Online Registration is now open! Register Now!
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Upcoming Getting Started On The Road Workshops
Click here for more information.
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NIOSH and AOHP Signing of MOU
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) established a collaborative partnership to improve workplace safety and health in the healthcare setting with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Click here for more information.
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AOHP Then & Now Newspaper
Download Here
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Beyond Getting Started: A Resource Guide for Implementing a Safe Patient Handling Program in the Acute Care Setting
Developed by the AOHP OSHA Alliance Implementation Team
Summer 2006
Click here to download Beyond Getting Started Resource Guide
Click here to download the reference and samples
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New requirement to offer health care
workers flu shots
A new infection control standard requires hospitals, critical
access hospitals, and long term care facilities to offer influenza
vaccinations to staff, which include volunteers, and licensed
independent practitioners.
The requirement is effective January 1, 2007.
Click here
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 The
MMWR Recommendations and Reports contain in-depth articles
that relay policy statements for prevention and treatment on
all areas in CDC's scope of responsibility (e.g., recommendations
from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices). Click
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Good News!
AOHP has its own Listserv!
Click here to learn
more….
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