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In light of the recent rabies outbreak due to transplant of infected organs, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reiterating that exposure to feces, urine, blood, or other body fluids is not considered a risk for rabies transmission. The rabies virus cannot survive on surfaces in the environment for any substantial period of time.
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While much of the country struggles to comply with the new requirement for annual fit-testing of N95 filtering facepiece respirators used to protect against tuberculosis, hospitals in Washington state have some advice: Powered air-purifying respirators (PAPRs) are an important tool in decreasing the burden of fit-testing, employee health and safety professionals say. They have had many years to learn that lesson. Based on a rule of the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries in Olympia, they have conducted annual fit-tests since 1995.
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Worried that the future clout of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is in jeopardy, occupational health advocates are pressing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to alter its reorganization plans.
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Ceiling lifts save backs. That is what Salina (KS) Regional Medical Center concluded, and the investment paid off.
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Sinus and Allergy Health Partnership Releases New Guidelines for Treatment of Bacterial Rhinosinusitis; Steroids Not Linked to Risk of Fractures; ADT Puts Men at Risk for Osteoporosis; Study Shows Valsartan May Improve Sexual Function in Postmenopausal Women; New Direct-to-Consumer Pharma Advertising Rules Considered
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Survival rates were similar in patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer who underwent IDS or PDS. The rates of surgical resection and morbidity were reduced after IDS. IDS can be safely used in unresectable advanced-stage ovarian cancer.
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False-Positive One-Hour Glucose Screens are Associated with Higher Rates of Perinatal Complications than Negative Screens; Dont be Mislead by the Short Take; More Information Regarding Single vs Double Layer Closure of the Uterus During Cesarean Section
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Lindauer and colleagues set out to evaluate whether the tumor-free distance from the uterine serosa to the deepest invasive lesion was a better predictor of patient outcome from endometrial cancer than the traditional measure of myometrial invasion. To do this, they retrospectively evaluated all surgically staged endometrial adenocarcinoma patients between 1997 and 2000.
