Data collected from the CDC’s Occupational Health Safety Network, a voluntary surveillance system, found there were 10,680 Occupational Safety and Health Administration-recordable injuries from Jan. 1, 2012 to Sept. 30, 2014 among 112 facilities. Nurses were also found to have had the highest injury rates, reports DoctorsLounge.com.
The CDC noted because of the data collected from the system, OHSN can offer institutions tools to work toward improved safety and injury-prevention strategies.
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