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Despite an infusion of federal money, states are not substantially better prepared to respond to bioterrorism, according to a report by the Trust for Americas Health in Washington, DC.
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Employees who have suffered from medical injuries related to the smallpox vaccine now can file for federal benefits.
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A small section in the massive new Medicare law brings all hospitals into compliance with the bloodborne pathogens standard. State and local hospitals now will be subject to the same provisions including the involvement of front-line health care workers as other hospitals that fall under the purview of the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
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Older nurses returning to work have helped ease the nursing shortage, but they also create a greater imperative for ergonomic modifications, says Peter Buerhaus, PhD, senior associate dean for research at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, TN.
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) in Washington, DC, is making a major push for zero lift.
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The tougher enforcement touted by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) so far has failed to significantly affect the hospital sector. No hospitals have received citations related to ergonomic hazards, despite the fact that overexertion in lifting is the leading cause of injury in the industry.
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Positive Alendronate Data in Osteoporosis; NSAIDs For Myocardial Infarction; Four-Hour Window for CAP Patients; FDA Actions.
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Over the past 50 years, our understanding of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has evolved, not only with respect to the pathophysiology of lung injury and hypoxemia, but also with the definition of this syndrome and its treatment. We still have a long way to go in our understanding about the variability in pulmonary gas exchange in patients with ARDS.
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Sulfonamide Antibiotics and Sulfonamide Nonantibiotics; Autoantibodies
Before Onset of SLE; Prevention of VTE with Ximelagatran; Combined
Levothyroxine Plus Liothyronine Compared to Levothyroxine Alone in
Primary Hypothyroidism; Specific Site Involvement in Fixed Drug
Eruption; Anticoagulation Therapy for Stroke Prevention in Patients
with Atrial Fibrillation
