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The EmmiKids informed consent system is particularly needed because parents often are so upset over their child's health problem that they have a hard time absorbing information during a talk with the physician.
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The problems at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) in Newark probably were known to insiders long before they became public.
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Hospitals can quickly slash the rate of common, costly and potentially lethal catheter-related bloodstream infections in their intensive care units (ICUs) ...
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The belief that the United States is in the throes of a medical malpractice lawsuit crisis can be blamed on just a small group of negligent doctors, says a new watchdog report.
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Even a mild pandemic could result in school closings, cancellation of public gatherings, voluntary quarantines, and absenteeism of employees who must leave work to care for children or elderly relatives, according to interim guidance on community mitigation released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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n extensively drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is virtually untreatable and poses a threat to worldwide TB control.
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When a day care worker reported to employee health at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH, with a severe, spasmatic cough that had lasted more than two weeks, an employee health nurse immediately thought of pertussis.
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Hospitals must act swiftly to protect health care workers from infectious diseases, even when the scientific evidence is unclear about transmission.
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As part of an increasing emphasis on patient empowerment and education, infection control professionals have seen arcane terms such as "nosocomial" de-emphasized in favor of clearer language.