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Olsen SJ, Chang HL, Vheung T, et al. Transmission of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) on aircraft. N Engl J Med 2003: 349:2,416-2,422.
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Many questions continue to circle around the use of central venous catheter (CVC) devices. What are the demographics of their use and the practices of their insertion? How dangerous are they? What location in the hospital is CVC use most prevalent? What are ways to limit infection? Are there special considerations to treat infections, including bloodstream infections (BSI), resulting from the use of CVCs?
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Crisis response mode and rapidly emerging infections are the new normal for a public health system that has to expect new threats as part of the daily job, warned Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Current health care research and service development all too often misses the target, according to presenters during the Translating Research Into Practice: Advancing Excellence from Discovery to Delivery, conference held in Washington, DC, in July.
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In the wake of congressional hearings levying conflict of interest allegations at top scientists at the NIH, the director, Elias Zerhouni, has announced new restrictions on the types of paid consulting agreements federal scientists can accept with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies.
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More clinical trials are using data safety monitoring boards (DSMBs) in recent years as investigators, sponsors, and clinical trials managers increasingly see the value of added checks and balances to subject protection, experts say.
