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Editors note: This is a periodic column that will address specific questions related to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) implementation.
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MedPAC: Cut rural add-on, keep 15% cut; JCAHO changes ORYX home care requirements; More deaths from flu than previously thought;Cost of care for the aging may be lower.
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Health care workers should be tested for hepatitis C infection within two to eight weeks after exposure, an expert panel has recommended. Although the panel doesnt take a position on early treatment of hepatitis C, early testing offers that option.
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Exposures to bloodborne pathogens can be frightening. Our experience at the PEPline, however, is that the health care workers fears can be substantially greater than the real risk of transmission. Educating the health care worker about the actual risk usually provides genuine reassurance and prevents unrealistic concern
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Back injuries are second only to the common cold as a cause of absenteeism. And they are more than four times more common in health care than in other industries. After noting those facts, a new web resource offers basic information about ergonomics and links to dozens of other resources.
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Caution prevailed over urgency as hospitals slowly began implementing the smallpox vaccination program in February. By taking extra safeguards and strictly limiting the health care workers receiving the vaccine, they hoped to avoid the adverse effects associated with the vaccine.
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Add more safeguards to ensure that the smallpox vaccination program is as safe as possible, a federal panel of medical experts urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
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If your vaccinated employees have red, swollen arms, swollen lymph glands, and fever, are they having an adverse reaction? Probably not, says William Schaffner, MD, professor and chairman of the Department of Preventive Medicine at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN.
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Employees are likely to have a wide range of questions about caring for their injection site and protecting others from contracting the disease. Here are a few questions and answers provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
