Illness Exposure for Hospital Employees
Now more than ever, doctors, nurses, and other hospital workers play a critical role in helping their communities recover from illnesses. Unfortunately for your healthcare industry clients, this also means many of their hospital worker employees are at a higher risk of exposure to serious illnesses.
Through caring for sick patients, hospital employees may be exposed to airborne infectious illnesses like COVID-19 and tuberculosis. They may also be exposed to skin-to-skin transmitted disease like MRSA while caring for patients, such as when inserting an IV or transporting a patient to a wheelchair. Exposures to illnesses can also occur through the handling of bloodwork or other samples from patients, or through improper disposal of equipment, like needles or used gloves.
When hospital workers are exposed to diseases, it can have a permanent impact on their health. Many infectious diseases have long-term effects, such as respiratory damage. Severe exposures can lead to death or permanent disability for your hospital worker clients.
Hospital employees and other healthcare workers also face many other occupational injury types, including chemical exposure and lifting injuries. To learn more about the risks faced by your current or potential clients in the healthcare industry, contact us.
To help your hospital employee clients or other healthcare industry clients find Workers’ Compensation coverage, contact us at PEO Insurance Brokers Network. We help agents find homes for their construction industry clients or other clients in high-risk industries. We provide Workers’ Compensation coverage to businesses in need, no matter the risk, and help agents find the best PEO coverage and savings for their insured. To learn how we can help you find coverage for your healthcare industry clients, email quotes@peobrokersnetwork.com to receive a quote.
