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A mid concerns about the impact of fatigue on medical errors, the governing body of medical education sought to make sure the least experienced medical residents get the most sleep. But a new survey indicates that other residents and program supervisors believe the rules are just creating problems for other residents without improving medical education.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for chronically HBV-infected health-care providers and students include the following key measures:
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Some foreign-born medical and dental students with chronic hepatitis B virus are being subjected to Draconian policies or rejected from schools and institutions, though in most cases they can be managed with very little threat to patient safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports.
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The toughest flu vaccine mandate in the country faces a legal challenge from the nations largest union representing health care workers.
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A recently reported case of hepatitis B virus transmission from a chronically infected surgeon to as many as eight patients underscores the need for providers to know their HBV status and seek the counsel of an expert review panel if they perform invasive or so called exposure-prone procedures, public health officials emphasize.
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It seems an understatement to say healthcare and the public at large, has had a few unknown infection scares in recent years.
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Antimicrobial stewardship programs specifically targeting Clostridium difficile infections offer a promising path to protect patients from this enteric scourge, but may have little effect unless a broad range of other infection control measures are also put in place, researchers are finding.
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Hospitals in the U.S. continue to make progress in the fight against central line-associated bloodstream infections and some surgical site infections, but are struggling to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI), according to a new report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Already finalizing an infection control survey for hospitals, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded the scope of the program to assess compliance with quality improvement and discharge planning during the same visit.
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Infection preventionists have generally weathered the Great Recession in good shape, though the field remains in flux as old school IPs leave and a new wave of IPs from more diverse backgrounds enter the field.