TY - JOUR
T1 - Infectious disease risk in correctional facility-based healthcare workers
AU - Gershon, Robyn R.M.
AU - Green-McKenzie, Judith
AU - Swetz, Anthony
PY - 2002/8
Y1 - 2002/8
N2 - The prison healthcare setting is a unique healthcare environment. Prison healthcare, although similar in many ways to the acute care setting, has many important and potentially risky differences. Efforts to reduce risk have been intensified; the National Commission of Correctional Healthcare has taken an important leadership role in developing and promoting safe work practices for CHCWs [72, 73]. Many opportunities for improvements exist, and the challenge will be to further reduce risk through the development and implementation of effective risk-control strategies that are tailored to this special healthcare setting.
AB - The prison healthcare setting is a unique healthcare environment. Prison healthcare, although similar in many ways to the acute care setting, has many important and potentially risky differences. Efforts to reduce risk have been intensified; the National Commission of Correctional Healthcare has taken an important leadership role in developing and promoting safe work practices for CHCWs [72, 73]. Many opportunities for improvements exist, and the challenge will be to further reduce risk through the development and implementation of effective risk-control strategies that are tailored to this special healthcare setting.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1526-0046(02)00020-1
DO - 10.1016/S1526-0046(02)00020-1
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:0041919707
SN - 1526-0046
VL - 2
SP - 519
EP - 536
JO - Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
JF - Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
IS - 3
ER -