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Hospital Case Management - Full January 1, 2015 Issue in PDF
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Hospitals, Council on Aging partner to reduce readmissions
Carondelet Health Network and the Pima Council on Aging have partnered to provide follow-up care coordination for at-risk patients who are being discharged from the hospital. -
Same-Day Surgery - Full January 2015 Issue in PDF
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Understand, reduce HCW absenteeism
Why do most workers call in sick? -
Ebola cases discharged, units remain ready
CDC issues guidelines for all hospitals -
Ebola guidelines to protect workers, patients
Ebola does not spread by the airborne route, but recently issued infection control recommendations recommend that health care workers don at the least N95 respirators if performing a procedure that may generate aerosols with the patients blood or body fluids. -
Hospitals can track, compare needlesticks
Surveillance also tracks other injuries -
Emory nurse on Ebola: ‘We can fear or we can care’
The two recently discharged Ebola patients treated at Emory Hospital in Atlanta were the source of much misinformation and fear upon admission, with many people questioning the wisdom of bringing the deadly virus into the country. In response, Susan Mitchell Grant, RN and chief nurse at Emory wrote a thoughtful op-ed piece for the Washington Post. -
Respirator or mask? Occ health has answer
Most occupational health nurses learn about respiratory protection on the job. -
As H1N1 pandemic flu stockpiles expire, hospitals turn to reusables
Number of respirators needed during a pandemic would be astronomical