Learn from the mistakes of your colleagues--don't end up in the emergency room for an accidental needle stick!
We can all learn from the mistakes of our colleagues. Here is a sampling of explanations offered by health care providers who visited the emergency department for needle stick wounds:
"When I was closing the safety tip on an arterial blood gas needle, the needle flipped out of the syringe and landed on my finger."
"I didn't look closely at the sharps box, and there was a needle sticking out."
"The patient moved when I was inserting a central line. I should have used soft restraints."
"I was suturing and a nurse came in and asked me a question. When I looked away, I poked myself."
- D. Brady Pregerson, MD
Los Angeles
Disability Insurance 101 for Physicians
December 4th 2023As a successful physician, chances are you have several types of insurance for the valuable things in your life, including your health and your home. But many physicians do not take the necessary steps to protect their most important and hardest-won asset—their ability to earn income to support themselves and their families. Perhaps you already have a disability insurance policy provided by your employer, but do you really know what it covers?