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State laws passed in the name of patient safety may straddle infection prevention programs with mandates that ultimately are counterproductive, an infection preventionist warned recently in Fort Lauderdale, FL, at the annual conference of the Association for Prevention of Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC).
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Ah, the good old days when infections were classified as "nosocomial" (hospital-acquired) or not. There wasn't anything else but "we didn't do this thing" or "yes, this is our infection because we gave this to this person at our hospital."
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With the move to "targeting zero" infections and abandoning benchmark ranges comes a new role for the infection preventionists: agent of change.
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One of the most significant events in a person's life one often intertwined with his or her philosophies, values, and spiritual beliefs is the process of dying and death.
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In light of the ever-increasing diversity in patient populations, The Joint Commission (TJC) is proposing revised and additional standards to address communication, cultural competence, and patient-centered care in hospital settings.
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A study completed by researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine suggests that many patients who are hospitalized do not fully understand all the steps involved in cardiopulmonary resuscitation or their chances of surviving an in-hospital cardiac arrest.
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In light of the growing adoption of electronic medical records and the fact that its current policy does not address "physicians' ethical responsibilities in the event the security of electronic records is breached," according to a report of its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs the American Medical Association has adopted four guidelines for physicians in such cases.
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NIH announces guidelines on stem cell research; CDC says 129 older adults in EDs for fractures daily; Congresswoman introduces legislation regarding in-office imaging loophole;
