chapter 1 Overview of Health and Safety in the Health Care Environment -- chapter 2 Epidemiology -- chapter 3 Back Injury Prevention in Health Care -- chapter 4 Emerging Infectious Diseases -- chapter 5 Disinfection and Infection Control -- chapter 6 Progress in Preventing Sharps Injuries in the United States -- chapter 7 Violence in the Health Care Industry -- chapter 8 Prevention of Slip, Trip, and Fall Hazards for Workers in Hospital Settings -- chapter 9 Ergonomics -- chapter 10 Chemodrugs -- chapter 11 Tuberculosis Engineering Controls -- chapter 12 Electrocautery Smoke: Reasons for Scavenging -- chapter 13 Safe Use of Ethylene Oxide in the Hospital Environment -- chapter 14 Monitoring Aldehydes -- chapter 15 Pentamidine -- chapter 16 Ribavirin -- chapter 17 Trace Anesthetic Gas -- chapter 18 Cost-Benefit -- chapter 19 Clinical Approach to Glove Dermatitis and Latex Allergy -- chapter 20 Latex Glove Use: Essentials in Modern Hospital Safety -- chapter 21 Health and Safety Hazards of Shiftwork: Implications for Health Care Workers and Strategies for Prevention -- chapter 22 Radiation Protection in Hospitals -- chapter 23 Reproductive Hazards in Hospitals -- chapter 24 Medical Waste -- chapter 25 The Occupational Hazards of Home Health Care -- chapter 26 Caring Until It Hurts: How Nursing Work Is Becoming the Most Dangerous Job in America -- chapter 27 Laboratory Safety -- chapter 28 Biological Exposure Index Testing: Two Case Studies -- chapter 29 Functions and Staffing of a Hospital Safety Office -- chapter 30 Education for Action: An Innovative Approach to Training Hospital Employees -- chapter 31 Stress Factors -- chapter 32 Case Studies of Health Care Workers in the Compensation System.