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The Food and Drug Administration has authorized hospitals and other health care entities to redistribute flu vaccine due to the shortage.
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Hospitals began rationing the flu vaccine as the sudden shortage threw their annual fall campaigns into chaos. The complete loss of half the nations flu vaccine supply highlighted the fragility of a core public health function: vaccinating the population against a potentially deadly disease. By luck, hospitals that ordered from the right manufacturer received their complete vaccine stock, while others had none.
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In response to the national influenza vaccine shortage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the answers to some of the most common questions by clinicians and the public.
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Ask someone where a copy of his or her companys safety manual can be found, and theres a chance they wont know. Although a necessary part of a safety program, a safety manual is generally a tool nobody wants to assemble, keep up with, or update.
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Whats more contagious than the flu carried by the co-worker who comes in to work sick? Maybe the pressure to be at work even though sick.
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The American Association of Occupational Health Nurses is rolling out several additions to its ergonomics web site.
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A combination of counseling and support services may reduce the risk of depression in people caring for a spouse with Alzheimers disease, a new study says.
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Work stress and dissatisfaction with the work environment may hasten the retirement of aging nurses, according to a study by the Center for American Nurses, an Austin, TX-based affiliate of the American Nurses Association.
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