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Infection control professionals in New Jersey are hoping a series of upcoming meetings with state officials will clarify exactly what is required under a recently passed law codifying active surveillance cultures [ASC] for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
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Now that annual fit-testing in back on the compliance books, a little refresher may be in order. The following information on respirator fit-testing in health care settings is summarized from guidance by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):
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For reported tuberculosis cases in the United Sates in 2005 in which the occupation was known, 3.4% were health workers, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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In what may have had a critical influence on a recent decision to restore enforcement of annual fit-testing in health care settings, more than 50 occupational and environmental health researchers and professors signed a July 17 letter to David Obey, chairman of the Committee on Appropriations in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Despite an increasing array of methods for control of diabetes, not even half of patients currently have attained and maintain an A1c less than 7%.
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Disturbance of sleep continuity, but not simple sleep deprivation, impairs pain inhibition and increases spontaneous pain.
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Liver fibrosis from chronic hepatitis C is worse after menopause and less severe in women receiving hormone therapy.
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The FDA has approved a humanized monoclonal antibody for the treatment of paroxymal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH).
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After a positive coronary CT scan, patients often undergo stress myocardial perfusion scanning, but the relationship between these two tests in relation to prognosis is poorly understood.