title: Personal, protective and cost-effective infection control: an overview for hospice facilities.
abstract: This article has presented some tips for developing an exposure control/infection control program that is practical, protective and cost-effective. OSHA state that "employers may create the most protective and cost-effective programs possible." We do not jeopardize employee safety by using science to create a cost-effective program. In order for staff to understand this issue, proper education and training must be provided. Often times agencies look for the "quick fix", and that may come back to haunt you. Send time conducting a proper assessment of risk and needs and develop a program that is a "win-win" for both staff and management.
authors.affiliation: Hospice of Northern Virginia, Falls Church, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: West
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000191:economics* / Q000379:methods*; D016272:Occupational Health