FAST STATS Hospital Turnover


The “Great Resignation” is evident in health- care with hospital turnover exceeding every previous survey conducted by NSI Nursing Solutions Inc. This exodus was fueled by COVID, the competition for labor, employee burnout, and retirement. Healthcare execu- tives need to be concerned since turnover is a leading indicator of future financial pres- sure, and patient & employee satisfaction.


• The national hospital turnover rate is


25.9%, with the median and mode recorded at 23.5% and 25.4%, respectively.


• Over the past year, hospital turnover increased 6.4% and ranged from 5.1% to 40.8%.


• Over the past 5 years, the average hospital has turned over 100.5% of its workforce.


• Last year, RNs exited the bedside at an alarming rate and hospitals shed 2.47% of their RN Workforce.


• In 2021, RN turnover increased by a stagger- ing 8.4%, resulting in a national average of 27.1% and ranging from 5.1% to 64.1%.


All statistics courtesy of the 2022 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report: https://www.nsinursing- solutions.com/Documents/Library/NSI_National_Health_ Care_Retention_Report.pdf


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NEWSWIRE


New York becomes 10th state to enact legislation for smoke-free operating rooms


Legislation in New York (S.8869 (Rivera)/ A.9974 (Gottfried)) advancing AORN’s efforts to mitigate surgical smoke in the workplace was signed by Governor Kathy Hochul on December 16, 2022, as Chapter 701 of the Laws of 2022. New York is the tenth state in the U.S. to enact legislation that requires all licensed hospitals and free- standing ambulatory surgical facilities to adopt policies to use a smoke evacuation system for surgical procedures that generate surgical smoke. The law will take effect on June 14, 2023.


According to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA), each year “an estimated 500,000 workers, including surgeons, nurses, anesthesiologists, and surgical technologists, are exposed to laser or electrosurgical smoke.” This smoke, also known as plume, includes carbon mon- oxide, polyaromatic hydrocarbons, and a variety of trace toxic gases. Prolonged expo- sure can lead to serious and life-threatening respiratory diseases. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21291221


Omicron subvariant responsible for almost half of U.S. COVID cases According to a report from Reuters, over 40% of COVID-19 cases in the United States are now caused by the highly contagious Omicron XBB.1.5, data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Friday, with the subvariant doubling from the previous week.


Although many public health experts are


expressing concern about the rising COVID- 19 cases in China, infectious disease experts have been increasingly worried about the XBB.1.5 variant.


Osterholm added that seven of the 10 U.S.


states where cases and hospitalizations are rising are in the Northeast, concurrent with an increase of XBB cases there, he said. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21291503


Tough year serves as affirmation of Vizient’s commitment to supply assurance


2022 was a year that brought Hurricane Ian, mpox, the resurgence of polio and a con- trast media shortage — not to mention the Russia/Ukraine conflict, talk of port and rail strikes, severe cases of R.S.V., and destruc- tive droughts, all of which intensified sup- ply constraints and margin pressures. As relentless as 2022 was, Vizient’s approach to supply assurance in the face of these challenges was equally unyielding.


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The company’s commitment to ensuring providers had exactly what they needed to provide the best possible patient care was — according to the experts respon- sible for tackling the supply challenges of 2022 — “innovative, progressive, supportive and necessary.” Here’s a look at a few key lessons that have shaped (and reshaped) the way Vizient works to help its providers make the best of difficult situations — and stand firm in the face of adversity. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21291383


Reusable scalpel provides enhanced illumination of critical anatomy areas “A surgeon’s scalpel handle has not signifi- cantly changed since it was first introduced 100 years ago,” says Dr. Steven Hacker, Founder of Nano Surgical, LLC and Inventor of Lumohs, a patented reusable scalpel that enables shadowless illumination millimeters from surgical site. And, Dr. Hacker should know, after having surgically treated over 50,000 skin cancers the last 30 years. “The problem Lumohs solves is the dif-


ficulty of getting adequate unobstructed illumination underneath and at all angles to the skin. This illumination can be lifesav- ing when performing Mohs surgery, flaps, excisions, plastic surgery or any office-based surgeries in anatomic danger zones of the head and neck or anywhere on body, for that matter. Expensive overhead lighting and loupes don’t solve the problem and are cost prohibitive to outfit in every procedure room.” Hacker’s invention, Lumohs, solves these problems and enhances all existing lighting solutions. “The risks to patients are great when shadows or blind spots, obscure tiny criti- cal nerves and blood vessels that can be accidentally severed during surgery. There had to be a better way,” Hacker explains. Read on: https://hpnonline.com/21291503


Surgical masks and n95 masks offer equal COVID-19 protection


Surgical masks are not inferior to N95 masks for preventing the spread of COVID- 19 to healthcare workers, says a study led by McMaster University researchers. The results follow the tracking of 1,009 healthcare workers providing COVID-19 patient care at 29 sites in Canada, Egypt, Israel, and Pakistan between May 2020 and March 2022.


Study participants were randomly assigned to either a surgical mask, which was already the standard used at all of the study sites, or an N95 respirator. As with any randomized clinical trial, study


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