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001			ocn862076564
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105447.0
008			131104s2013 nyu ob 001 0 eng d
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020			_a9780801469824 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
043			_an-cn-bc
050	0	4	_aRA975 _b.C543 2013
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aZuberi, Dan, _e1
245	1	0	_aCleaning up : _bhow hospital outsourcing is hurting workers and endangering patients / _cDan Zuberi.
260			_aIthaca : _bILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, _c(c)2013.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 182 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
490	1		_aThe culture and politics of health care work
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505	0	0	_a"Stuff gets missed" : an introduction to a growing health care crisis -- _tGerms, blood, and cost-cutting : the daily struggle to keep hospitals clean -- _tCompromising cleanliness : how outsourcing keeps hospital workers from doing their jobs -- _tUntrained workers, unfit managers -- _tBreaking up the team -- _tDown and out in Vancouver : struggling, stressed, and exhausted hospital support workers -- _tCleaning up.
520	0		_a"To cut costs and maximize profits, hospitals in the United States and many other countries are outsourcing such tasks as cleaning and food preparation to private contractors. In Cleaning Up, the first book to examine this transformation in the healthcare industry, Dan Zuberi looks at the consequences of outsourcing from two perspectives: its impact on patient safety and its role in increasing socioeconomic inequality. Drawing on years of field research in Vancouver, Canada as well as data from hospitals in the U.S. and Europe, he argues that outsourcing has been disastrous for the cleanliness of hospitals--leading to an increased risk of hospital-acquired infections, a leading cause of severe illness and death--as well as for the effective delivery of other hospital services and the workers themselves. Zuberi's interviews with the low-wage workers who keep hospitals running uncover claims of exposure to near-constant risk of injury and illness. Many report serious concerns about the quality of the work due to understaffing, high turnover, poor training and experience, inadequate cleaning supplies, and on-the-job injuries. Zuberi also presents policy recommendations for improving patient safety by reducing the risk of hospital-acquired infection and ameliorating the work conditions and quality of life of hospital support workers. He makes the case that hospital outsourcing exemplifies the trend towards "low-road" service-sector jobs that threatens to undermine society's social health, as well as the physical health and well-being of patients in health care settings globally"-- _cPublisher's Web site.
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650		0	_aHospital housekeeping _zBritish Columbia _zVancouver.
650		0	_aHospital care _xContracting out _zBritish Columbia _zVancouver.
650		0	_aHospital care _zBritish Columbia _zVancouver _xSafety measures.
650		0	_aHospitals _zBritish Columbia _zVancouver _xEmployees.
650		0	_aNosocomial infections _zBritish Columbia _zVancouver.
650		0	_aRisk assessment.
650	1	2	_aHousekeeping, Hospital _xorganization & administration
650	2	2	_aCross Infection
650	2	2	_aEconomics, Hospital
650	2	2	_aOutsourced Services
650	2	2	_aPatient Safety
650	2	2	_aRisk Assessment
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=671647&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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994			_a92 _bNT
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell