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Despite legal protections included in the Homeland Security Act, hospitals still face workers compensation liability and possibly other legal exposure from the smallpox vaccination of health care workers, according to lawyers who specialize in the health care field.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is partnering with the University of Tennessee, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America to conduct a four-year study under an Agency for Healthcare Quality and Research-funded grant project entitled Trial to Reduce Antibiotic Prophylaxis Errors (TRAPE).
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In an unusual direct appeal to health care facilities, the chairman of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is asking for reports of nosocomial infections that result in patient deaths or permanent loss of function.
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Employers will need to record hearing-loss cases in a separate column on the OSHA log beginning Jan. 1, 2004, the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) announced.
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A tuberculosis standard requiring annual respirator fit-testing and skin testing is all but dead as the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) removed it from the proposed-rule stage.
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As hospitals prepare to vaccinate hundreds of health care workers, they face a host of opposing pressures.
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American Health Consultants now offers the Hospital Handbook on Smallpox Vaccination, a facilitywide resource containing all the information you need about smallpox vaccination in most heath care facilities and environments.
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Sixty percent of participants in a second study on diagnostic colonoscopy, who also had participated in the first study, saw a significant decrease in some aspect of their procedure times.
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Evaluating your same-day surgery space as you sit or crawl around the floor doesnt sound practical or necessary, and it is definitely not dignified, but it is essential when youre designing space to be used for pediatric patients.
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The recently announced national smallpox vaccination plan will have a significant impact on your same-day surgery program, whether you work in a hospital, surgery center, or office setting.