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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has created a tool to help state and local officials quickly locate alternate health care sites if hospitals are overwhelmed by patients due to a bioterrorism attack or other public health emergency.
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The massive public health investment to prepare for bioterrorism is paying for itself in the widespread benefits of an improved public health infrastructure, said Julie Gerberding, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Rusnak JM, Kortepeter M, Ulrich R, et al. Laboratory exposures to staphylococcal enterotoxin B. Emerg Infect Dis 2004.
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Biodefense firm Aethlon Medical Inc. in San Diego has developed a hemopurifier cartridge is capable of binding and removing a wide variety of bloodborne pathogenic viruses before they can infect cells and organs, according to a report posted on the firms web site.
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Skeptical about government instructions and concerned about loved ones, many Americans would not follow established plans in the event of a real bioterrorism attack, according to a new study by the Center for the Advancement of Collaborative Strategies in Health at The New York Academy of Medicine.
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The National Cholesterol Education Program, a product of a collaboration of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institutes, the American College of Cardiology, and the American Heart Association, has updated its clinical practice guideline on cholesterol management.
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OSHA has issued industry-specific guidelines for prevention of musculoskeletal disorders in retail grocery stores, combined supermarkets and discount stores, and warehouse retailers.
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Ask any occupational health nurse, and he or she will likely agree that involving employees in workplace problem solving fosters an atmosphere of inclusion, and when employees feel that they are members of a team and that their presence matters, theyre likely to be happier and healthier employees.
