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TRS Wellness

Nov 20 2017

New Blood Pressure Guidelines

Published in Blog

On Monday, November 13th, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines for high blood pressure. Hypertension is now defined as having blood pressure greater than or equal to 130/80 instead of the previous guideline of 140/90.

You can read the article here.

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Did You Know?

Post-Offer and Pre-Employment testing showed an 18 to 1 cost savings, in the Journal Work.

A 33% injury rate was reported when pre-hire applicants are not screened v. a 3% injury rate when screened, according to a study in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine.

In a study of 18 different industries, a 68.2% reduction in work injuries was reported when functional testing is implemented.

The average cost per injury was reduced from $1433 to $322 with a properly implemented post-offer and pre-employment testing program, according to the Journal Spine.

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