Participation in the Respiratory Surveillance Survey
Share your roles and responsibilities for respiratory
protection and tell us about your educational needs
regarding effective respiratory protection.
This survey should only take about 10 minutes to
complete. Your answers will be completely anonymous.
This survey stems from a recommendation by the Institute
of Medicine (IOM) that AAOHN, other agencies. and
professional organizations conduct such a Respiratory
Protection Survey.
The IOM report, Occupational
Health Nurses (OHNs) and Respiratory Protection:
Improving Education and Training (2011)
outlined seven
recommendations that include improving OHN competency
with regards to respiratory protection. The first such
recommendation was for a survey, such as this.
Please go to
the AAOHN website at
www.aaohn.org to participate in the the Respiratory
Surveillance Survey.
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NIOSH
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is
developing the Occupational Health and Safety Network (OHSN).
OHSN
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Allows you to benchmark the safety of your
own facility
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Helps you target prevention and
intervention strategies to decrease work-related
injuries
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Creates a community of leaders to share
workplace solutions
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Helps you track your own data to meet OSHA
and Joint Commission requirements
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Integrates with your current data
collection process to minimize effort
Visit
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/ to learn more!
How can you get involved with OHSN?
Start preparing to be an early adopter of OHSN by beginning to adapt
your current injury data collection processes to conform
to the OHSN data standards – available at
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/ohsn/.
Please feel free to contact the following with questions or comments:
Ahmed Gomaa MD, ScD, MSPH, Medical Officer (AGomaa@cdc.gov)
Sara Luckhaupt MD, MPH, Medical Officer (SLuckhaupt@cdc.gov)
OHSN Team (NIOSHOHSN@cdc.gov)
Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations & Field Studies
National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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ASSE
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE)
has approved the
recognition of the Certified Occupational Health Nurse
(COHN) and Certified Occupational Health
Nurse-Specialist with Bachelor's degrees or above as qualifying
for the level of Professional Members in ASSE.
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U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the U.S.
Department of Defense (DoD)
The American Board for Occupational Health Nurses is
please to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs and
the Department of Defense a $50 discount on our COHN and
COHN-S certification examinations. For additional
information >more
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