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This is the second of a two-part series that looks at the benefits of partnering with adult day service programs. Last month, we looked at the opportunities, benefits, and challenges of collaboration. This month we discuss a hospice that started its own adult day service program.
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Friends and potential patients of Hospice of Palm Beach County have no problem finding the agency on the Internet. A combination of their agency web site and the use of Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and e-newsletters means that an Internet search for "hospice and Palm Beach" turns up more than 200,000 results, with most results on the first page directing you to the Hospice of Palm Beach County sites.
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Meeting with key stakeholders and sterilization groups, the Joint Commission is nearing a landmark consensus position on the long-confusing issue of "flash" sterilization. With various groups already offering slightly differing definitions and interpretations, the Joint Commission tried to clarify its stance last year with a position statement that apparently caused as much confusion as it allayed.
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Like a hurricane downgraded to a tropical depression, H1N1 influenza A has lost its pandemic status and is now just another troublesome flu bug, the World Health Organization reports.
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A hospital employee tests positive on a tuberculin skin test. Should you retest with a blood test to confirm that? An employee tests positive on a TB blood test but works in a low-risk area and has had no known exposures. Should you recommend treatment for latent TB infection?
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Federal health authorities are taking the first tentative steps toward considering a recommendation on mandatory influenza immunization of health care workers.
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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health offers the following recommendations for employers and employees to prevent bloodborne pathogen exposures among paramedics and other emergency workers:
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If you want employees to comply with sharps safety, then their supervisors have to require it. That is a strong message that emerged from a survey of paramedics related to bloodborne pathogen exposures.
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In new guidelines for Interferon Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention offers these recommendations.