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State health departments are becoming vital partners with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in an increasing national effort to eradicate healthcare associated infections (HAIs).
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To examine the association between being placed in contact isolation and delirium, Day and colleagues at the University of Maryland Medical Center reviewed administrative data on all patients admitted during a 2-year period ending in 2009.
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After considerable controversy that included strong objections by the nation's leading occupational health agency, a federal vaccine committee has approved a recommendation that health care facilities strongly consider mandatory flu immunization of workers if voluntary efforts fail to achieve high vaccination rates.
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The medical community appears to be deeply divided over a federal recommendation that would push the health system toward mandatory flu shot policies for health care workers.
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It has been over 10 years since a deadly paramyxovirus known as the Nipah virus emerged in Asia. Over the subsequent decade there has been multiple outbreaks. Some traditional practices like drinking raw date sap are hard to break.
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The concern regarding influenza infection is high in cancer patients since the rate of infection is considerably higher and mortality is four times greater than in the general population.
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Garbutt and colleagues performed a randomized placebo controlled trial designed to evaluate the efficacy of antibiotic therapy in patients with a clinical diagnosis of acute rhinosinusitis at 10 primary care practices in St. Louis.
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The increasing prevalence of antibiotic resistance in urinary pathogens has led Hooton and colleagues to examine the efficacy of a relatively broad spectrum orally administered cephalosporin in the treatment of uncomplicated cystitis.
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To examine the association between being placed in contact isolation and delirium, Day and colleagues at the University of Maryland Medical Center reviewed administrative data on all patients admitted during a 2-year period ending in 2009.