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Right now, patient access managers are in a difficult situation their roles and responsibilities, already very broad, are "changing on a regular basis," says Ed Erway, chief revenue officer at University of Kentucky (UK) HealthCare in Lexington.
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Aging doesn't have to mean a time of decline for the nursing work force. But it will take proactive measures to keep experienced nurses at the bedside and to keep them safe.
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In an influenza pandemic, health care workers may find their respirators difficult to tolerate for long hours. Without additional training, they also are likely to forget how to don the respirator properly or even which respirator model they should wear.
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In these tough economic times, it may seem like a luxury to go beyond the basics in employee health. But addressing the health needs of your workers from injury prevention to chronic disease management may be the smartest way to save money.
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But the real game changer on UTI prevention came a bit earlier when the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced effective October 2008 that it would halt payment on additional costs generated by UTIs and two other infections (mediastinitis, catheter-related vascular infections).
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In a case that recalls the national turmoil during the Florida HIV dental outbreak in the early 1990s, investigators have determined that HIV provider-to-patient infections remain exceedingly rare.
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Streamlined protocols proposed by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration could make quantitative fit-testing more efficient.
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With the youngest and tiniest patients, pediatrics hardly seems like a hot zone for patient handling injuries. Yet that assumption of safety is itself a hazard. Pediatric caregivers treating children, adolescents, and young adults may be at significant risk of injury.
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In its "Guidance on Antiviral Drug Use During an Influenza Pandemic", the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services places the responsibility for stockpiling for worker protection on employers. This is an excerpt that specifically addresses health care employers:
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Antiviral resistance of one strain of influenza has altered this year's strategies for seasonal influenza. It also highlights mutability of the virus and the need for careful pandemic planning, federal health officials say.