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With the end of the 2009-2010 flu season, it's easy to get complacent about the threat of pandemic flu. After all, the much-feared H1N1 virus appears to be on the wane in the United States, and total deaths here didn't reach some dire predictions made last summer.
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If your IRB office is well-organized, but IRB member information is dated and difficult to track, then it's time for a simple electronic solution: an IRB member roster.
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Human subjects research organizations need a thorough, fair, and effective way of handling complaints and concerns about research trial ethical and regulatory violations.
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So many elderly patients in the ED are lonely, often troubled by depression, victims of abuse, or facing end-of-life decisions. The emergency physician often is called upon to handle these concerns.
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[This special issue of Same-Day Surgery focuses on the most significant infection control issues facing ambulatory surgery managers. In our cover package, we tell you about a recent pilot study that found infection control practices were lacking, and we share lessons learned. Also in this issue, we tell you about a new guideline from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) regarding the management of providers who are infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and HIV. We let you know how this guideline will impact your day-to-day practice.]
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[Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series on a new guideline from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) regarding health care providers who are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). In this issue, we give you an overview of what the guideline did and did not include, which procedures are at greatest risk of transmission to patients, and the recommendations for infected staff. In next month's issue, we discuss how to decide which workers to test and further explain the new guideline.]
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