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Figuring out how to save money is a lot easier than actually doing it. That is the lesson that Delynn Lamott, RN, MS, COHN-S, learned when she went to work for a small community hospital in Michigan.
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Been there; done that; got stuck. Sometimes the most convincing argument for using safer needles comes from someone who didnt.
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Smallpox preparedness needs to take a broader focus, with a registry of health care workers and others who have been previously vaccinated, an Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel has advised.1
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is hanging tough on enforcement of safer needle devices, with a new information bulletin that clearly restates its prohibition against reuse of blood tube holders.
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Ergonomist Laurie Wolf, MS, CPE, spent years teaching client companies how to reduce their workers compensation claims by implementing ergonomic interventions. But when her own employer, BJC Health Care in St. Louis, encountered claims of more than $4 million, she realized that she needed to turn her attention close to home.
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In tight economic times, injury prevention is an economic necessity. Consider this: Medical costs for workers compensation claims involving lost time from work rose by 12% in 2002. Payment for lost wages rose by 7%, according to the Insurance Information Institute.
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When performing a transfer, is it necessary to have an interpreter along for the transfer of a non-English-speaking patient, assuming that an interpreter was available for performing the medical screening examination?
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A sickle cell patient is in excruciating pain. A man who comes to your ED frequently always complains of different illnesses to obtain narcotic analgesics. These two patients have completely different needs, but youll need strategies to improve care for both. To improve management of chronic pain patients, follow these steps proven to work.
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A sharp decrease in hours on diversion. Decreased length of stay. Greater staff satisfaction. These three items are on every ED managers wish list, but they are real-life examples of changes made as a result of one EDs participation in the GE Medical Systems Six Sigma process.
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Is your ED in compliance with federal regulations for care of non-English-speaking patients and their families? You are required to provide language assistance to patients in your ED, and penalties for failure to comply are severe, including exclusion from participation in Medicare and Medicaid and possible criminal charges.
