David N. Weissman

Improving Healthcare Workforce and Patient Safety: A Scoping Meta-Review

Barbara I. Braun, Michele R. Bozikis, Megan L. Casey, David N. Weissman et autres

BACKGROUND: Despite recognition of the integral relationship between healthcare worker (HCW) safety and patient safety, few studies have evaluated practices that improve safety for both groups. We undertook a scoping meta-review including only systematic reviews (SRs) to determine the extent to which …

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Spirometry for assessing work ability and impairment: navigating Scylla and Charybdis

David N. Weissman, David M. Mannino, A Scott Laney

David N Weissman, MD, David M Mannino, MD, A Scott Laney, Ph.D; Spirometry for Assessing Work Ability and Impairment: Navigating Scylla and Charybdis, Amer

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Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis–Associated Deaths — United States, 2020–2023

Jacek M. Mazurek, Katelynn E. Dodd, Girija Syamlal, David J. Blackley et autres

Coal workers' pneumoconiosis (CWP) is a preventable, progressive occupational lung disease caused by inhaling respirable coal mine dust, a complex mixture commonly containing coal, crystalline silica, and other silicate minerals. Early pneumoconiosis can be asymptomatic, but advanced disease often leads to disability …

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Engineering Infection Controls to Reduce Indoor Transmission of Respiratory Infections

Amiran Baduashvili, Lewis J. Radonovich, Louis Leslie, Stephanie Pease et autres

BACKGROUND: Engineering infection controls include a wide range of interventions used indoors to reduce occupants' exposure to respiratory pathogens. PURPOSE: To identify and describe primary studies evaluating the effects of engineering infection control interventions designed to reduce the spread of respiratory infections …

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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Mortality by Industry and Occupation — United States, 2020–2022

Jacek M. Mazurek, Girija Syamlal, David N. Weissman

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung disease characterized by scarring and worsening lung function, has a poor prognosis. A recent systematic review estimated that 21% of IPF deaths might be attributable to occupational exposures. To describe IPF mortality among U.S. residents …

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Outbreak of Blastomycosis Among Paper Mill Workers — Michigan, November 2022–May 2023

R. Reid Harvey, Allyson W. O’Connor, Marcia Stanton, Ju‐Hyeong Park et autres

Blastomycosis is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of Blastomyces spores from the environment that can result in severe pulmonary illness and high hospitalization rates.In early March 2023, Public Health Delta and Menominee Counties (Michigan) reported a cluster of blastomycosis cases among …

Outbreak of Blastomycosis Among Paper Mill Workers — Michigan, November 2022–May 2023

R. Reid Harvey, Allyson W. O’Connor, Marcia Stanton, Ju‐Hyeong Park et autres

Blastomycosis is a fungal disease caused by inhalation of Blastomyces spores from the environment that can result in severe pulmonary illness and high hospitalization rates.In early March 2023, Public Health Delta and Menominee Counties (Michigan) reported a cluster of blastomycosis cases among …

Epidemiological and Clinical Features of a Large Blastomycosis Outbreak at a Paper Mill in Michigan

Ian Hennessee, Sara Palmer, Rebecca Reik, Arianna Miles-Jay et autres

BACKGROUND: Blastomycosis is an environmentally acquired fungal infection that can result in severe pulmonary illness and high hospitalization rates. In 2023, a blastomycosis outbreak was detected among workers at a paper mill in Delta County, Michigan. METHODS: We included patients with clinical …

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Fatal Occupational Asthma in Cannabis Production — Massachusetts, 2022

Virginia M. Weaver, Jeremy T. Hua, Kathleen Fitzsimmons, James R. Laing et autres

Multiple respiratory hazards have been identified in the cannabis cultivation and production industry, in which occupational asthma and work-related exacerbation of preexisting asthma have been reported. An employee working in a Massachusetts cannabis cultivation and processing facility experienced progressively worsening work-associated respiratory …

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis mortality among ever-employed persons aged ≥15 years, by industry and occupation—United States, 2021

Jacek M. Mazurek, Girija Syamlal, David N. Weissman

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a progressive lung disease characterized by fibrosis and worsening lung function, has been associated with workplace exposures. To describe IPF mortality among ever-employed persons aged ≥15 years, by industry and occupation, the 2021 National Vital Statistics System multiple …

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Low Participation in a Job Transfer Program Designed to Prevent Progression of Pneumoconiosis

A. Scott Laney, Noémi B. Hall, Laura Reynolds, David J. Blackley et autres

"Low Participation in a Job Transfer Program Designed to Prevent Progression of Pneumoconiosis." Annals of the American Thoracic Society, 20(8), pp. 1223–1224

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Importance of and Approach to Taking a History of Exposures to Occupational Respiratory Hazards

David N. Weissman, Lewis J. Radonovich

Occupational respiratory diseases are caused by exposure to respiratory hazards at work. It is important to document those exposures and whether they are causing or exacerbating disease because these determinations can have important impacts on diagnosis, treatment, job restrictions, and eligibility for …

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