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One of infection prevention's true originals â in every sense of the term â Eddie Hedrick, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, currently is emerging infections coordinator at the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services in Jefferson City.
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A coalition of unions and occupational health and safety professionals has called on New York state health commissioner Richard F. Daines to withdraw the emergency regulation that requires all health care workers to receive flu vaccinations by Nov. 30.
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In response to rumors about the safety of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza A vaccine, federal public health officials have addressed the following myths and errors about the current situation:
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How difficult is it going to be to get people vaccinated against H1N1 pandemic influenza A?
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A witch's brew of apathy, fear, and misinformation about the H1N1 influenza A vaccine may cause considerable toil and trouble for clinicians responding to the first pandemic in four decades.
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To begin an ongoing journey to prevent health care-associated infections, Orlando-based Florida Hospital's clinical excellence team asked staff what risks they saw.
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National health care reform must include a quality component including preventing health care-associated infections if it is to become an effective and affordable reality, Mark R. Chassin, MD, president of The Joint Commission, notes in a commentary posted on the Joint Commission web site (http://www.jointcommission.org).
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The Joint Commission takes on the controversial issue of decolonization of patients carrying multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in a new report aimed at health care CEOs.
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The Joint Commission is calling on health care administrators to take the lead in preventing infections with multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs), reminding them that current patient safety goals require CEOs to take responsibility for implementing programs to prevent these deadly and costly outcomes.
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With recession-driven budget cuts being only the latest example, the field of hospital epidemiology and infection prevention has faced numerous threats and ominous predictions of its impending doom.