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This issue includes: Leading by Example with Nancy Brown, MD The Counseling Corner featuring the topic of perfectionism Tips for handling dry skin The Eating Well Recipe: Sweet and Spicy Peanut Stir-fry An article on how to effectively stand up for yourself

This issue includes: Leading by Example with Mark Bandas The Counseling Corner discussion featuring Holiday Stress Handwashing Tips The Eating Well Recipe: Roasted Butternut Squash Issue 327, 2012- December/January

This issue includes:
 
 The Counseling Corner discussion on feeling down in the dumps
 The Healthy Pulse featuring faculty/staff flu shot participation
 Recipe for chicken vegetable soup with kale
 Tips on Halloween safety for children
 Issue 316, 2011- October/November 2011

​Work/Life Connections-EAP coordinates Crisis Intervention Services and Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Services for the VUMC community. Definition: A Critical Incident is "any event which has the potential to produce unusual or distressing emotional symptoms such as an accident, injury, death, disaster, threat or act of violence, or other traumatic event at the workplace."

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Medication is commonly used to help smokers quit.  There is no magic formula to determine who needs medication.  If you smoke more than a pack a day, have had significant withdrawal symptoms during previous quit attempts, or have irresisti

If you think the employee has one of the following conditions, ask the employee to wear a surgical face mask and report to Occupational Health as soon as possible.
 
 Chicken Pox
 Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
 Measles
 Tuberculosis
 Pink Eye (mask not needed)
 It is recommended that people not be in the workplace when they have a fever and respiratory symptoms. You should let your employees know this recommendation and encourage them to use sick time when appropriate.

Formaldehyde is a chemical used in embalming and tissue preservation, as well as in cold sterilization. Acute exposure to formaldehyde may result in pulmonary edema (fluid in the lungs), central nervous system (CNS) depression, or pneumonitis (inflammation of the lung tissue). Chronic exposure may cause irritation of the skin, mucous membranes or respiratory tract. Repeated exposure to formaldehyde may result in an allergic response. It is also a potential carcinogen. Primary exposure routes are inhalation and skin absorption.

When patients are treated with radioactive iodine, their blood and body fluids such as urine and vomit can contain the radioactive drug. Caregivers should understand the risks of exposure. There are two different types of radiation risks: Thyroid exposure: Having the radioactive iodine absorbed by your thyroid gland. External beam radiation: Getting radiation exposure from the contaminated body fluids, just like you would from an X-ray. Preventing thyroid exposure