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The danger of the next influenza pandemic has become so crystal clear and ever present that the recently released federal pandemic influenza plan has become something of a page turner among the normally dry reading requirements of the infection control professional. The draft document by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is being reviewed by many as if it may have to be implemented all too soon.
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A new draft pandemic influenza plan issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calls for a combination of standard precautions and droplet isolation measures and an overall atmosphere of respiratory etiquette in hospitals caring for flu patients.
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A hospital in Melbourne, Australia has contacted 1,056 patients who underwent brain or spinal surgery in the past 18 months after a patient died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), according to published reports. Australian health authorities said in a statement there was an extremely remote risk that the disease could be spread by surgical equipment.
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To avert a looming public health crisis with a unique set of underlying causes, Congress and the administration, including federal public health agencies, must act quickly to reinvigorate pharmaceutical investment in antibiotic research and development (R&D). Otherwise, doctors wont have drugs to protect Americans against antibiotic-resistant infections a rapidly growing and often deadly problem.
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Whether an IRBs protocol volume is small, medium, or large, its not easy to decide whether to have the entire board read every page in a protocol submission or have a primary and/or secondary reviewer system in which point people take on the bulk of the work.
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The IRB at Oakwood Healthcare System in Dearborn, MI, reviews protocols for four hospitals, including protocols written by masters level, doctoral level, nursing students, and the 150-plus residents.
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While health care facility surge capacity is the prime concern of ED managers, it is also important for them to interface with community officials both before and after a major disastrous event.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has released a tool to help quickly locate alternate health care sites if hospitals are overwhelmed by patients due to a bioterrorism attack or other public health emergency.
