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Hospitals with high injury rates or a high proportion of ergonomic injuries will receive targeted inspections in some regions of the country under a new enforcement program for ergonomics.
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First responders and law enforcement officers began receiving smallpox vaccines in some states, even while cardiac events associated with the vaccine continued to draw scrutiny.
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On March 24, Carol Tough, RN, had to make a decision between going to work and possibly risk getting a mysterious new disease, or quitting the career shed had for 17 years. She went to work.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta has recommended surveillance of health care workers who have contact with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients or their environment of care.
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Many hospitals are failing to address the risk of workplace violence, even when state law requires prevention efforts, according to preliminary findings of a California-based study.
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The draft guidance on financial conflicts of interest and research published March 31, 2003, in the Federal Register offers more questions to be considered than specifics to be followed.
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It started out a simple premise: protect patients privacy by securing their health information. But the Privacy Rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is raising some concerns, not just among primary caregivers and treatment facilities.
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College student populations may offer a plentiful and accessible source for human subjects research, but IRB and university research officials say that a variety of issues arise when students are used.
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Nonaffiliated and nonscientist members of IRBs the so-called lay or community members say they need more introductory education and ongoing training to better meet the challenges of their roles.