Health care worker Information and Courses from MediaLab, Inc.
These are the MediaLab courses that cover Health care worker and links to relevant pages within the course.
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| Privacy is Your Responsibility.
As a health care worker, you are required by HIPAA to protect the privacy and security of the personal health information to which you have access. | View Page |
| How common is HIV? Up to one million Americans may have been infected with HIV.There have been at least 65 documented cases of health care workers infected on the job with HIV.Considering the millions of HIV patients cared for, this is a very small number. | View Page |
| Reticulocyte identification Reticulocytes are red blood cells prematurely released from the bone marrow. On a Wright-Giemsa stained blood smear, they appear as polychromatic macrocytes. Their presence in the peripheral blood may suggest hemolysis or bleeding. Their presence is expressed as a percentage of the red cell count: newly born= 3-7%; up to one week of age=1-3%; >one week =0.3-1.8%. Automated or manual methods may be used to enumerate reticulocytes. In clinical context, retics must be separated from debris, precipated stain, Pappenheimer bodies, Howell-Jolly bodies, and Heinz bodies. | View Page |
| Health Care Worker Tuberculosis Screening All HCWS receive baseline TB screening upon hire, using either the two step skin test or BAMT. Annual screening varies depending on setting risk. In low risk settings, screening is not necessary unless an exposure occurs. In a medium risk setting, all HCWS are screened for symptoms and HCWs with negative baseline results are tested.In a potential ongoing transmission setting, HCWs receive testing every 8-10 weeks until lapses are corrected. | View Page |