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Under Pressure: Multiple Factors Driving Nurse Burnout
We frequently hear of rampant stress and resulting burnout in nurses. What causes it? Employee health professionals are well aware of the threats of occupational injury and illness, but other factors in the work environment require considerable resilience to withstand daily.
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Is Complacency Setting in on Sharps Injury Prevention?
Although incremental gains continue, needlestick and sharps injury prevention efforts overall have plateaued and there is a risk of complacency in healthcare settings due to the perceived diminished threat of the major bloodborne pathogens, according to an expert on the issue.
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NIOSH Looks to Expand Use of Elastomeric Respirators
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is seeking input to develop procedures for decontamination of reusable elastomeric respirators, which could be an important and sustainable resource in times of high PPE demand.
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Exposures to Opioid Patients Endanger Healthcare Workers
Citing the lack of national guidelines for nurses and other healthcare workers, National Nurses United is developing personal protective equipment recommendations to prevent opioid exposures.
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Per-record Cost of Data Breaches Increasing
The cost of healthcare data breaches continue to remain the highest out of any industry, with an average cost of $380 per record, according to a recent report from the Ponemon Institute.
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New Breach Reporting Tool Helps With HIPAA Response
A new breach reporting tool should be useful for HIPAA compliance, partly because it can help providers stay on top of what is currently trending in cyberattacks and other types of breaches.
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Myriad State Requirements Complicate Breach Response
When you realize there has been a breach of protected health information, your first thought is of HIPAA and how to satisfy federal requirements for responding. But that is far from the end of your obligation, as state requirements can be just as onerous.
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Medical Marijuana Inc. Moves Forward With Proof of Concept Study
Medical Marijuana Inc. announced it is working with an Israel-based contract research organization to begin a clinical proof of concept study with its cannabidiol and gabapentin chewing gum product to treat restless leg syndrome in patients.
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Pregnant Pause: Time to Push ‘Play’ on Trials With Expectant Mothers
There are many obstacles to including pregnant women in research, and IRBs may understandably err on the side of caution when it comes to expectant mothers in clinical trials.
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Gene Expert: IRBs Should Prepare for Somatic Cell Trials
With somatic gene cell editing already underway in some trials, IRBs should prepare to deal with protocols involving noninheritable genetic changes.