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Pre-surgery beta blockers, risk of death examined
The controversial practice of administering pre-surgery beta blockers to patients having noncardiac surgery was associated with an increased risk of death in patients with no cardiac risk factors, but it was beneficial for patients with three to four risk factors, according to a report published online by JAMA Surgery.
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FDA launches drug shortages mobile app
The Food and Drug Administration has launched the agency’s first mobile application specifically designed to speed public access to valuable information about drug shortages.
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Three apps that could help improve patient safety
Today’s clinicians are using various apps to improve safety and avoid liability.
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Q&A: Wrong-site markings, sloppy timeouts, and RNs only
There always is a lot of reaction to my Q&A articles. These questions were asked in the past month or so related to patient safety, liability, and compliance.
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Defective instrument probe and safety checklist lead to award
Northbank Surgical Center, in Salem, OR, recently was recognized for safety efforts that included investigating an instrument through the FDA's MedWatch program and sharing its findings with other facilities.
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Council Endorses Periop Noise-reduction Resource
The Council on Surgical and Perioperative Safety endorses a safe surgery resource chart to reduce the risk of noise and distraction in the perioperative period.
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Credentialing problems can leave your facility holding the liability bag
Surgeon credentialing is a “big blind spot” for healthcare providers, according to a recently published commentary in The Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Health care stress: It’s rampant, but employee health interventions supported by scant evidence
Stress reduction is a key employee health challenge, and intuitively one would think that any of the common approaches would help de-stress healthcare workers. It turns out to be surprisingly difficult to quantify the effects of the various interventions.
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Norovirus may spread by airborne route — are current precautions enough to protect HCWs?
Noroviruses — a leading cause of highly disruptive gastroenteritis outbreaks that often include infected healthcare workers — may transmit through the air, meaning currently recommended contact precautions may not be completely effective at stopping spread from patients to staff, researchers report in a fascinating new study.
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Nurses association pushes for federal, state nurse-to-patient ratio laws
When healthcare employers fail to recognize the association between RN staffing and patient outcomes, laws and regulations become necessary, the American Nursing Association argues.