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Risen from the dead: Can 1918 virus help defeat bird flu threat?
In a high-containment laboratory along Clifton Road in Atlanta last summer, a mouse became the first living thing to inhale the 1918 pandemic influenza virus since it killed millions of people and vanished from the face of the earth. Predictably, it died. -
Full December 2005 Issue in PDF
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Full June 2006 Issue in PDF
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JCAHO patient safety practices posted on web
The Joint Commission International Center for Patient Safety has launched a new "in-development" Patient Safety Practices resource on the center's web site. -
Joint Commission Q&A on alcohol hand rubs
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'Smart Patient' book demands hand hygiene
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is listed as a co-authoring agency on a recently published book that urges patients to demand that health care workers wash their hands. -
Internal Medicine Alert - Full November 29, 2014 Issue in PDF
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Primary Care Reports - Full December 2014 Issue in PDF
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Tavaborole Topical Solution, 5% (Kerydin¢â)
The first oxaborole antifungal has been approved for the treatment of fungal toenail infection. Tavaborole is a topical solution that is applied daily to the infected nail. It is marketed by Anacor Pharmaceuticals as Kerydin¢â -
Gloves Are Not Perfect
After caring for patients with Clostridium difficile infection, nearly 25% of health care workers were found to have hand contamination with C. difficile spores.