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Data breaches cost health care organizations more than $6 billion annually, and 71% of the respondents to a study released by the Ponemon Institute say they do not have enough resources to prevent or to quickly detect a loss of patient data.
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Calling to remind patients of their appointments, instructions on how to prepare the night before a procedure, or to see if patients have questions prior to surgery are important ways to keep your outpatient surgery or diagnostic testing departments' schedules on track.
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More health care workers responded to this season's push for influenza vaccination by rolling up their sleeves and getting the vaccine.
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In a Health Hazard Evaluation, researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health asked medical residents and cardiology, pulmonary, and critical care fellows at the University of Utah why they had reported for work sick during the H1N1 pandemic.
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In an analysis of transmission of pandemic H1N1 to residents and fellows at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health advises:
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As the H1N1 virus receded even as a seasonal influenza threat, there was a collective sigh of relief in the health care community. It wasn't as bad as was feared.
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Nurses and pharmacists who handle chemotherapeutic drugs are unknowingly being exposed to a potential carcinogenic and reproductive hazard, and those with the highest exposures have significant chromosomal abnormalities, according to two recent studies.
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In the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, many infected health care workers failed to wear personal protective equipment.
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In the first update of a hazardous drug alert since 2004, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health added 21 drugs to the list of drugs that may pose an occupational risk to health care workers.
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Beware of recordkeeping violations. That's a word to the wise based on recent enforcement activity by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
