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Its not unusual for members covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas to drop by the office and visit their case manager in person.
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administrations (OSHA) 1998 respiratory protection standard, which now applies to tuberculosis exposures in health care settings, includes the following general requirements for respirator fit-testing:
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While annual respirator fit-testing has proven to be the most controversial element of the recent federal action on TB, a new requirement for medical evaluation of employees also will affect infection control and employee health programs.
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At least six children have died this year of invasive infections with community strains of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) after acquiring influenza, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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In a multicenter study of occupational HIV exposures, 38% of source patients had genotype mutations associated with resistance to anti-retroviral drugs. Recent antiretroviral treatment history was highly associated with resistance.
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New guidelines for the treatment of bacterial rhinosinusitis were published in the January supplement of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by the Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership.
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Do you shudder to think of the workload involved in completing
the periodic performance review (PPR) now required by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations? Are you finding yourself solely responsible for all the data collection this entails? Is your goal to do the minimum required to pass muster with surveyors?
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To share or not to share? Thats the question for many organizations currently in the thick of the decision-making process for whether to send in the results of their periodic performance review (PPR) to the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO).
