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Infection control practices for pandemic influenza are the same as other human influenza viruses ...
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Mandating seasonal health care worker flu vaccinations -- an issue so contentious it led to open revolt in the first U.S. hospital that tried it ...
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In requesting input whether it should develop a standard requiring seasonal flu immunization, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) made the following key points: ...
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For many hospitals, encouraging health care workers (HCWs) to receive the flu vaccine is an annual exercise in futility.
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In a major new emphasis on patient safety, the JCAHO is warning that failure to keep track of the medications needed by transferred patients is resulting in preventable deaths.
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As performance improvement programs and the ability to track data and trends from OBQI reports have become more sophisticated, home health agencies report improvements in all categories, except hospital readmission rates.
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Despite national and various regional focuses on improving minority access to hospice, many challenges remain, hospice diversity experts say.
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A new job can be overwhelming no matter what industry you may choose, but when the new job is in home care, saying that the job is overwhelming may be an understatement.
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