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Removing PPE incorrectly may be common problem
Fewer than one in six healthcare workers followed the correct recommendations for removal of PPE after patient care, likely contaminating themselves and increasing the risk of transmission to others, researchers report.
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Consumer group challenges FDA exclusion of chlorhexidine in antiseptic review
The Food and Drug Administration is being taken to task for a failure to include chlorhexidine in its recently announced plan to review the safety of active ingredients in antiseptics used in healthcare.
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FDA concerned about healthcare workers’ constant exposure to antiseptics
At any given time there must be well over a million nurses and other female healthcare workers of childbearing age protecting patients by killing transient bacteria on the hands with alcohol hand rubs.
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NIOSH: Key steps to reduce respiratory risk
The Cleaning and Disinfecting in Healthcare Working Group of NIOSH’s National Occupational Research Agenda offered advice about reducing respiratory hazards related to cleaning and disinfection in hospitals.
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Rapid onset of asthma in healthcare workers
The following case reports provide examples of work-related asthma from environmental surface cleaning and disinfecting exposures in healthcare.
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Can you kill microbes without hurting healthcare workers?
In the battle against healthcare-associated infections, workers have unwittingly become collateral damage, developing skin irritation, headaches, and even asthma from cleaners and disinfectants.
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Can you teach doctors to improve patient satisfaction?
A study in the Journal of Hospital Medicine may give hope to physicians and the hospitals where they work that they can learn the skills needed to improve the scores related to their interactions in the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems surveys.
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TJC, medical societies warn of EHR safety issues
In a recent Sentinel Event Alert, The Joint Commission warned of how incorrect or miscommunicated information entered into health IT systems might result in adverse events.
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The Top 10 Mistakes You May Be Making In Your Case Management Department! Part 3
This month, we will be discussing three more of the top 10 mistakes that your department may be making and how to potentially improve or eliminate them.
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CMS proposes to OK one-midnight inpatient stays
CMS has proposed that stays shorter than two midnights be reimbursed as inpatient stays if the documentation in the medical record supports it.