Environmental Hazards Put Health Care Workers at Risk, Chubb Says

A variety of environmental exposures at health care facilities, from mold to infectious diseases to hazardous waste, may put workers and patients at risk, according to a new white paper from Chubb. Environmental exposures facing health care providers may include Legionella, one form of bacteria that causes the potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease, Chubb said. Mold and mold spores can spread through a heating or ventilation system, or be released during construction and sicken a building's occupants. And medical and “red bag” waste contains infectious or...