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A patient's altered mental status could turn out to be a stroke, but on the other hand, someone with unilateral weakness might end up being a post seizure patient.
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You're probably the first person to see the 12-lead EKG of a patient with a possible ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).
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The Joint Commission's longstanding patient safety goal on infection prevention underscores the critical importance of improving hand hygiene compliance by health care providers. Moreover, again in 2010, the Joint Commission urges infection preventionists and their colleagues to foster "a culture of hand hygiene" by monitoring compliance and providing feedback.
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As the novel H1N1 influenza began to spread last year, emergency department workers were at greater risk of infection than workers in other departments, according to a study at New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City.
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Hospital employees stepped up for influenza vaccinations at an unprecedented rate this year, but there was just one catch: Many of them received the seasonal flu vaccine but not the H1N1 vaccine.
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A fact sheet on suture needles injuries from the International Healthcare Worker Safety Center at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, includes the following key points and references:
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In an effort to help health care organizations implement or enhance tetanus, diphtheria and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination programs for patients and health care workers, The Joint Commission is preparing a monograph based on real-world clinical practice.