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Reports of possible hospital transmission of monkeypox once again highlight the risk of newly emerging infectious diseases for health care workers and the need for vigilant infection control and swift identification of cases.
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As cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) decline worldwide, questions remain about one of the major tools for protecting health care workers: Just how effective is the N95 filtering facepiece respirator?
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Overview: The goal of the surveillance, prevention, and control of infection function is to identify and reduce risks of acquiring and transmitting infections among and between patients, staff, physicians and other licensed independent practitioners, contract service workers, volunteers, students, and visitors. Surveillance, prevention, and control of infection covers a broad range of processes and activities, both in direct patient care and in patient care support, that are coordinated and carried out by the hospital.
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Bioterrorism has changed the way the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communicates with clinicians for the better.
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At Davis Memorial Hospital, case managers work 10-hour shifts, four days a week, often choosing their own days off.
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Comply with these stroke evaluation time targets recommended by the Bethesda, MD-based National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke.
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With payers sharpening their pencils and refusing to pay for what they deem to be unnecessary hospital stays, case managers need more than ever to help their hospital balance the clinical and financial aspects of health care.
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Today's case managers need to understand outcomes and track them in order to prove that their interventions have value, says Mary Jane McKendry, RN, CCM, MBA, director of education, training, and consulting for McKesson and president-elect of the Case Management Society of New England in Hampstead, NH.
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In these times of dwindling health care reimbursement, there's no phrase more significant to managers - and their bosses - than "denial management."