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Neisseria meningitidis has the dubious distinction of being the last remaining serious bacterial threat to the lives and well being of otherwise healthy Americans. In industrialized nations, the risk of death or serious illness from organisms such as Haemophilus influenzae and Streptococcus pneumoniae has been reduced greatly by the development of vaccines against these encapsulated organisms.
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Emergency department (ED) physicians frequently are required to assess and stabilize multiple trauma patients. Following the initial stabilization of the patient's airway and circulatory status, secondary potential life-threatening injuries should be identified and addressed.
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Pandemic Influenza Plan paints a dire scenario of sick patients flooding hospitals ...
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Health care workers caring for infants should receive the new pertussis vaccine, according to the recommendation of a federal advisory panel.
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To many health care workers, a needlestick was hardly worth worrying about.
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If there is a deadly pandemic of avian influenza and a vaccine to prevent it, no one would question whether health care workers would be willing to be vaccinated.
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The ability to deliver quality health care depends on adequate staffing and optimum health and welfare of staff. During a pandemic, the health care work force will be stressed physically and psychologically.
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Ergonomics involves an equation: Too much force on the body equals pain and injury.
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Every day, nurses are going home with back pain. Some of them may even have back injuries they never tell you about.
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Helping an employee return to work after a diagnosis of depression is similar in some ways to planning return to work after a physical injury.
