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At Georgetown (SC) Hospital System, preventing injuries begins with an equation: The physical abilities of newly hired employees must meet the physical demands of the job.
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A proposed National Quality Forum measure may standardize the way hospitals calculate their health care worker influenza immunization rates.
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OSHA offers the following examples as guidance on what to report on injury logs. (For more information go to: http://1.usa.gov/nFxelo)
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Field test results of a integrated microfluidic-based diagnostic device indicate that the potential "lab-on-a-chip" might be able to perform complex laboratory assays in a simple, convenient manner.
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a "black box" warning in 2004 to the contraceptive injection depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA, Depo-Provera, Pfizer, New York City; Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Injectable Suspension USP, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, North Wales, PA) advising that prolonged use might result in bone mineral density loss.
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Alert your patients of a counterfeit form of emergency contraception (EC), labeled as Evital. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning on the drug.
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How many times have you prescribed oral contraceptives (OCs) for a woman at one visit, only to find that she has discontinued the method by the next exam due to financial inability to cover her insurance copay on the pill pack?
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The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend mammography screening be offered annually to women beginning at age 40.
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Results of three large studies, presented at the recent International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, indicate that pre-exposure prophylaxis of antiretrovirals can prevent HIV when used by heterosexual men and women.