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JCAHO Update for Infection Control: 2005 patient safety goals warn of sound-alike drugs
New patient safety goals for 2005 by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations include preventing patient falls and avoiding potentially fatal mix-ups with similarly named drugs. -
IDSA coverage: ‘USA 300’ MRSA clone becoming dominant strain
The latest evidence of the continuing emergence of a single predominant strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) comes from Atlanta, where hospital-based investigators found the so-called USA 300 clone is causing 90% of incoming skin and soft tissue infections. -
Preparing your facility for natural disasters
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Bioterrorism Watch supplement
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Full November 2004 issue in PDF
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News Briefs
2005 survey fees will be increased; Cost, revenue information available on PA centers; GAO: Hospitals not getting enough reimbursement. -
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2004 Salary Survey Results: Fight rising costs of hiring by keeping current staff
The good news for respondents to the 2004 Same-Day Surgery Salary Survey is that more than 68% of survey respondents saw their salary increase between 1% and 6% in 2004. Even better news for almost 11% of survey respondents was the 7% to 10% they reported. In 2003, only 5.44% of respondents received a 7% to 10% increase. -
Awareness may be more common than you think — Can monitoring help?
Someone in the OR makes a comment about a patients tattoo. In another case, a catheter doesnt get connected, and urine ends up on the OR floor. Someone gets mad about the mess and starts yelling. Do these situations sound like a bad day in the OR? Now imagine the patient wakes up in recovery and tells you she heard what your staff said, but she was paralyzed and unable to speak. -
Full November 2004 issue in PDF