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Newly Accredited Program Has Made Policies and Procedures Easier to Follow
When the human research protection program at the University of Florida decided to undergo accreditation with the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, officials revised policies and procedures, making them consistent across IRBs and easy to follow.
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Tackling AAHRPP Accreditation Requires Time, Focus, Documentation
Research institutions seeking first-time accreditation or reaccreditation can always expect challenges. These hurdles are a little higher now as rules and regulations will change in 2019 under the new Common Rule.
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Does Use of Biospecimens From Children Require Reconsent When They Are Adults?
There is considerable ethical debate about the issue of reconsent at age 18 from research subjects who provided biospecimens as infants, children, or adolescents. Practices currently vary widely among institutions.
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New Nurses May Struggle With Errors, Injuries
A newly graduated nurse, or even one more experienced who is going through orientation in a new job, may have a higher risk of errors and accidents as he or she takes on a new role in the high-pressure healthcare environment.
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Social Media and Young Nurses Could Be Bad Combination
Nurses new to the field should be reminded about the risk to their own careers from careless or unwise posts on social media, which also will help protect the hospital or health system from associated liability.
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Early Warning in EHR Decreases ICU Transfers After Rapid Response Team Calls
Alerting ICU nurses to patients’ early warning scores can decrease rapid response team calls and transfers to intensive care after a call, one hospital found.
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Resident-to-Resident Violence Can Lead to Patient Deaths
Aggression among dementia patients is not uncommon, and long-term care facilities should have adequate staff on hand to prevent it from occurring.
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Stay Alert to Signs of Elder Abuse: Think of Falls, Resident Violence
Elder abuse harms more than one million Americans, and case managers should know how to identify it by assessing patients for signs of harm.
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AOHP, NIOSH Update Respirator Resources
The Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare has updated its Web Resources Guide, which includes links to all manner of regulations, guidelines, and training materials by federal agencies and healthcare organizations.
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Texas-sized Mumps Outbreak Includes Nine HCWs
The outbreak was very disruptive as healthcare workers with no proof of immunity had to be furloughed, and one occupational case was acquired by a phlebotomist.