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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has been criticized for not being more directive and aggressive on preventing needle stick injuries, has posted an impressive, interactive workbook on the issue.
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Personal statements and adornments made though tattoos and body piercing may have an insidious underside: Evidence continues to mount that they increase the risk of hepatitis C virus.
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Charging that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) violated laws for regulatory review and comment, the American Hospital Association (AHA) is rallying opposition to recently mandated tuberculosis requirements that include annual respirator fit-testing.
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In launching a protest letter-writing campaign against new federal requirements regarding tuberculosis, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology created the following template.
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In a formal letter to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding its recently announced tuberculosis requirements, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) made the following key objections to the action.
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Though annual respirator fit-testing is being widely criticized, an infection control professional strongly recommends the practice after seeing a group of co-workers get infected with tuberculosis even though they were wearing N95 respirators.
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Strides are being made when it comes to herpes. New treatments are emerging, and an advanced clinical trial of a potential herpes vaccine now is under way.
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The decision to move the levonorgestrel emergency contraceptive pill Plan B (Barr Laboratories, Pomona, NY) to over-the-counter status has been delayed by the Food and Drug Administration.
