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Improving Patient and Worker SafetyOpportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and InnovationImproving Patient and Worker SafetyOpportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and InnovationHealth care professionals whose focus is on Patient Safety are very familiar with thesealarming and frequently cited statistics from the Institute of Medicine: medical errorsresult in the death of between 44,000 and 98,000 patients every year. health care profes-sionals whose focus is on occupational health and Safety , however, are likely aware ofadditional statistics that are less well known: health care workers experience some of thehighest rates of nonfatal occupational illness and injury exceeding even constructionand manufacturing do these statistics tell us about Safety for both patients and workers in the healthcare environment? Is there a connection between Worker Safety and Patient Safety ?
Improving Patient and Worker Safety Opportunities for Synergy, Collaboration and Innovation Health care professionals whose focus is on patient safety …
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