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Even as this country struggles with a shortage of organs from donors, some ethicists are beginning to question the morality of harvesting organs from the group that serves as their primary source patients who are brain dead but have functioning hearts, lungs, and circulatory systems.
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As shortages continue, experts weigh alternatives. When a patient in Chicago nephrologist Paul W. Crawfords practice suddenly turned up with a new kidney after a trip to Mexico, the doctor didnt want to ask a lot of questions.
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State health policy experts and pharmaceutical company officials are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Supreme Courts decision on a controversial Maine program designed to help residents unable to afford prescription drug coverage get lower-cost medications.
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In another sign that a dangerous nosocomial pathogen is no longer confined to the hospital, a distinct strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is emerging in Los Angeles, public health officials report.
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In light of ongoing transmission of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), the Los Angeles County Department of Health Ser-vices (LACDHS) issued an advisory to clinicians, summarized as follows:
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A sixth patient has developed Exophiala dermatitis infection associated with injectable steroids prepared under poor infection conditions at a compounding pharmacy in South Carolina, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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A recent national survey of hospital epidemiologists found that 56% support the governments plan to vaccinate volunteer teams of health care workers.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a monitoring system for hospitals immunizing health care workers for smallpox.
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Alcohol-based hand antiseptics are strongly recommended in the new Centers for Disease Control and Preventions hand-hygiene guideline, but there may be a rub for some health care workers with sensitive skin.
