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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its H1N1 infection control guidance for health care settings, including use of N95 respirators.
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What keeps quality managers up at night? What do they consider their greatest challenges? A survey of quality professionals indicates a decided commonality, with concerns centering around how quality is defined, measured, and shared with national organizations and the public.
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At Clarian West Hospital in Indianapolis, the ED participates in a multidisciplinary group that processes all safety issues.
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Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a protein that might seem to be most interesting to the endocrinologist, since its sole function - until very recently - has been thought to be regulation of the availability of gonadal steroids.
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Hand hygiene and facemasks used within 36 hours of patient symptom onset resulted in a small reduction of household transmission of influenza, but adherence to recommended practices was poor despite home-based education.
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One-third of adults older than age 40 has vestibular dysfunction.
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In patients with obstructive sleep apnea who are treated with CPAP, those who report persistent sleepiness are more likely to have history of depression, diabetes, and heart disease, and to have been sleepier prior to treatment.
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The ninth atypical antipsychotic agent has been approved by the FDA. Asenapine is somewhat unique in the class with different receptor binding than risperidone and olanzapine.
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