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Youve heard the ergonomics horror story: Thousands of dollars of lift equipment gathering dust in a storage closet while nurses become disabled and rack up thousands of dollars more in workers compensation claims.
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Safety devices that are never activated. Lift equipment gathering dust. Spills that arent cleaned promptly and lead to slips and falls. How many of your injuries are caused by the failure to follow basic safety rules and procedures?
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Health care workers may be contributing to an undetected spread of hepatitis B and C in ambulatory care centers, a concern that has prompted an investigation by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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With the unprecedented shortage of influenza vaccine this flu season, hospitals are scrambling to prepare for what may be a record number of flu patients presenting to their already overcrowded emergency departments (EDs) and for staff shortages due to record absenteeism.
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Its not a shot in the arm, but the nasal flu vaccine will be a new form of relief to some hospitals seeking vaccine supply.
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Faced with a severe shortage of influenza vaccine, its tempting to get as much as you can out of your doses. But two techniques that could extend flu vaccine are not recommended for use, according to officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, priority groups for vaccination with inactivated influenza vaccine this season.
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The outcome of a medical malpractice case often depends on an experts opinion and how well that expert conveys that opinion to a jury. Despite the important role that experts play within the medical malpractice system, until recently, there has been little oversight of expert witness actions. With the increasing number of professional and legal actions against expert witnesses, it appears that the same experts hired to review the actions of their peers are starting to be scrutinized themselves. This months issue of the ED Legal Letter will address some of these issues that relate to the role of the expert witness.
