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Data from a prospective cohort study demonstrate benefit from initiation of antiretroviral therapy at CD4 counts of 201-350/mm3. The possibility of benefit from initiation at even higher CD4 counts was also raised.
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The World Health Organization (WHO) profile of communicable diseases in Iraq was recently updated. The stated purpose of this publication is to provide public health professionals working in Iraq and neighboring countries with up-to-date information on the major communicable disease threats faced by the population.
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Extrapolating from epidemiological data, Watson and colleagues estimate that 1 in 300-500 travelers are asplenic.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued the following statement on cardiac risk factors and smallpox vaccination.
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A shortage of N95 respirators has forced hospitals to scramble for supplies as they seek to expand their respiratory protection program in response to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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This is an excerpt from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance document on the use of respirators to prevent transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Safer sharps led to a dramatic decline in the number of needlesticks, with nurses sustaining about half as many injuries in 2001 as they did in 1993.
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Major advances in reducing sharps injuries have not yet pervaded the operating room, where one out of four sharps injuries takes place. Employee health must be involved in helping change attitudes in the OR to promote safety, sharps safety experts say.
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Given recent events from emerging infections to the threat of bioterrorism, infection control professionals likely will be prepared for unannounced visits from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. They cant afford not to be.
