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Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) should re-examine their specialty services as they enter 2009 reimbursement, which will be 50% of the hospital outpatient department (HOPD) rate, according to Judith L. English, vice president of business operations and partner at Surgery Consultants of America (SCA) and Serbin Surgery Center Billing, both in Fort Myers, FL.
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Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an updated Safety and Health Information Bulletin on latex sensitization and latex allergy. In it, OSHA suggests the following measures to reduce health care worker exposure to latex:
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The following information is excerpted with permission from the April 2008 issue of SAMBA Talks, published by the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia:
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing a device made from a new form of natural rubber latex, guayule latex. The Yulex Patient Examination Glove, made by Maricopa, AZ-based Yulex, is derived from the guayule bush, a desert plant native to the southwestern United States.
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Regardless of where we practice, increasingly we are confronted with patients who have been exposed to unusual diseases through travel. In a previous series of articles, we reviewed the diseases associated with travel, largely based on the geography. This article reviews infectious disease associated with travel by symptoms.
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Researchers have uncovered new evidence that strengthens the link between a host-cell gene called Apobec3 and the production of neutralizing antibodies to retroviruses.
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HIV physicians and AIDS activists are calling for major changes in funding and prevention in light of the recent news that the estimated annual HIV infection rate in the U.S. has been off by 40% for about 15 years.
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The Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection have been revised. The new version includes updated information on: