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A once-a-day dose of a valacyclovir reduces the rate of transmission of genital herpes (HSV-2) from an infected partner to an uninfected susceptible partner, according to a new study.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is asking home health nurses to break some habits theyve had since nursing school. National Patient Safety Goal #2 requires health care organizations to standardize abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols and to develop a list of do-not-use abbreviations.
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Employees spread over a large geographic area, people who dont like sitting in one place for any length of time, patient visits that dont always follow a normal schedule, and a lengthy list of educational classes that staff members must take are just a few of the challenges faced by home health managers as they address staff education.
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During testimony late last year before the Department of Health and Human Services National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Subcommittee on Privacy and Confidentiality, Janlori Goldman, director of the Health Privacy Project, presented 13 myths that persist about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Acts privacy regulation and facts addressing those myths.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has approved revised standards to help prevent the occurrence of deadly health care-associated infections.
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Discharge planners and case managers certainly cannot accept cash payments from providers in exchange for referrals of patients. But what about noncash items that have a relatively low value and that providers who receive referrals are not obligated to provide to case managers? Can case managers accept such items?
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While most urban hospitals across the country reported participating in basic planning and coordination activities for bioterrorism response, they do not have the medical equipment to handle the number of patients that would be likely to result from a bioterrorism incident, according to a report by the General Accounting Office (GAO).
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Could smallpox the historic scourge of mankind and still the most feared of the bioterror agents be a major weapon against the global HIV epidemic? Might fire be fought with fire?
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Hospitals and public health agencies should prepare for the unique features of radiological terrorism, such as mass casualties with blast injuries combined with burns, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends.
