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If You Have a Needle Safety Device, Activate It
In 56% of needlesticks involving safety devices, the protective mechanism was not activated, the International Safety Center's Exposure Prevention Information Network reports.
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Flu Immunization Rates Level Off in Healthcare Workers
While hospital rates remain high, flu immunization rates of healthcare workers overall have leveled off and remain particularly low in long-term care, the CDC reports.
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Patient Mobility Forum Founded
A new safe patient handling forum is now online for employee professionals to ask questions or share ideas and policies with colleagues and industry.
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Severe Flu Season in Australia Could Herald U.S. Woes
The annual attempt to match the seasonal influenza vaccine with mutating flu viruses always is a bit of a gamble, and this year is no different. In particular, the U.S. vaccine may not provide complete immunity to an H3N2 strain that has caused serious infections during the summer season in Australia.
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Evacuate: When Hurricane Sandy Forced HCWs to Flee
Five years ago Hurricane Sandy battered and inundated the Northeast, forcing the evacuation and shutdown of New York University’s Langone Medical Center in New York City. Hospital researchers recently published an analysis of how NYU nurses were affected by the event, suggesting planning strategies for hospitals affected by major storms and disasters.
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Employee Health Steps Up as Hurricanes Hit Hospitals
Employee health professionals hunkered down with their hospital colleagues recently as hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit the contiguous United States and Hurricane Maria subsequently devastated Puerto Rico. While relief efforts were still underway in Puerto Rico as this issue went to press, Hospital Employee Health talked to employee health professionals who were on hospital duty in the path of Harvey and Irma.
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Making the Most of a High-deductible Plan Environment
It was just in one summer month, but Bluffton Okatie Surgery Center in Bluffton, SC, logged a cash collection rate of 100.2%.
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For Your Consideration: A Few Interesting FAQs and Answers
Stephen Earnhart answers reader questions on communication, investing, and electronic medical records.
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Surgery Center Finds Success With High-acuity Spine Cases
ASCs that are expanding their services might find that high-acuity spine cases can work well. Some strategies for expanding into spine cases are similar to expanding into total joint cases.
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Follow These Steps for Analysis in Infection Investigations
Because ASCs experience high patient volumes, any lapse in infection control best practices at an ASC can create major problems. The way to prevent a post-surgery infection outbreak is to follow quality improvement steps in surveillance, detection, analysis, and process changes.