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Bioterrorism Watch - APIC: Smallpox plan uses outdated infection control
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Bioterrorism Watch - Stanford sets the standard for bioterrorism planning
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Moratorium is extended on JCAHO’s alert scoring
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Transitional work keeps employees on the job
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Bioterrorism Watch - They don't call it bioterror for nothing: Fear is the foe when anthrax spores are found within hospital walls
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CDC forms Ebola response teams, drops expectation that all hospitals can care for patients
Faced with fear and brewing rebellion in the health carecommunity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped its stance that any U.S. hospital can take care of an Ebola patient in favor of rapid response teams. -
OSHA infectious disease rule moves forward
While a Dallas hospital struggled to care for the nations first Ebola case, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration quietly issued a draft of an infectious disease standard designed to protect health care workers. The proposed rule would make infection control measures mandatory and would add new requirements for hazard identification, exposure control, and documentation. -
Many hospitals may lag in needle safety compliance
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Make a ‘revolutionary’ change in hand hygiene