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The Joint Commission's 2009 patient safety goal regarding multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) includes the following key provisions and deadlines:
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Can strong hospital leadership supporting flu immunization be as successful and less divisive as mandating the seasonal shots?
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Enforcement of a controversial regulation mandating flu shots for New York health care workers appears to fall primarily to hospitals and other health care facilities.
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A New York mandate that health care workers receive seasonal flu shots may drive nurses from the profession even as that state faces a nursing shortage, said Eileen Avery, MS, RN, associate director of the New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA).
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In an case that sets an ominous tone for the resurging pandemic, a healthy 51-year-old oncology nurse who worked in Carmichael, CA, recently died of a coinfection with H1N1 influenza A and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. (MRSA).
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Hidradenitis suppurativa (HSP) is regarded both in the dermatology and primary care communities as a "heart sink" diagnosis: Patients are generally chronically burdened, we have little successful treatment, the pathophysiology is poorly understood, and the consequences often have an important negative impact on quality of life.
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A new antiplatelet drug has been approved by the FDA for patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention.
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A study group in Greece used 3 consecutive different regimens to achieve a 98% eradication rate among 540 patients not lost to follow-up. The success of each individual regimen was about 70%.
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Red yeast rice and therapeutic lifestyle changes decrease LDL-cholesterol levels without increasing CPK or pain levels and may be a treatment option for dyslipidemic patients who cannot tolerate statin therapy.