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oyhag12

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Morgan State University

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A hospital has seen a rise in needle stick accidents that have resulted in injuries to a dozen nurses over the last 2 months. Would you implement planned inspections or employee hazard analyses to find the causes? Justify your answer.

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Running Head: EMPLOYEE HAZARD ANALYSIS

Employee Hazard Analysis
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EMPLOYEE HAZARD ANALYSIS

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The needlestick injuries are on the rise, affecting most of the nurses working in the
healthcare facilities. Needlestick injury results in wounds that expose one to infections (Health
Navigator, 2017). Essentially, the mitigation of such injuries for minimization of health hazards
to nurse and other affected is imperative. However, without conducting employee’s hazards
causing the increase of the needlestick injuries, the effort to mitigate their increase will be futile.
Employee’s hazard analyses are the way to go in ascertaining their causes in any given hospital
(Manuele, 2013).
The employee hazard analysis determines the risks before they happen (Manuele, 2013).
In order to ascertain the increased case of needlestick injuries, using this technique is effe...


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