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Home care providers still are struggling to obtain authorizations from managed care organizations (MCOs) for medically necessary and appropriate care.
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Because intravenous therapy is handled by home care personnel, Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) guidelines on prevention of intravenous catheter infections especially is applicable to home care, suggests Michele L. Pearson, MD, medical epidemiologist for the CDCs Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion in Atlanta.
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The biggest change in the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) recently approved hand-washing guidelines is the approval of alcohol-based hand rubs as an accepted method of cleaning hands between patients.
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Your employees face different challenges than hospital-based personnel face, so they cant be expected to follow every guideline and process used in a hospital, right? Wrong, say infection control experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health.
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Although frequently cited deficiencies vary from state to state, there are a few that experts interviewed by Hospital Home Health point to as commonly recurring problems for home health agencies throughout all states...
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Circle your calendar for the upcoming annual Contraceptive Technology Conferences. The San Francisco conference is scheduled for March 12-15, with the Washington, DC, conference set for March 26-29.
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The Washington, DC-based National Abortion Federation (NAF) has launched the first interactive on-line continuing medical education (CME) program to allow health care providers to learn more about mifepristone.
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Your next patient, a 19-year-old woman who is sexually active, says she douches on a weekly basis for hygiene purposes. She has been previously treated for a sexually transmitted disease (STD). What should you tell her?
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Review the number of patients who came through your examination room today, and count how many were screened for one or more sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). If the answer is zero, then perhaps it is time to review your practice guidelines.
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Who should not use Essure?