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Atrial fibrillation isn't typically a trigger for case management, but newly diagnosed patients would definitely benefit from case management interventions, says Teri Treiger, RN-C, MA, CCM, CCP, a case management consultant based in Holbrook, MA.
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Shift workers, defined as anyone who works outside the typical 9 to 5 schedule, are known to be at high risk for a multitude of serious health problems.
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More health care workers received the flu vaccine last season than ever before, but that has not eased the pressure to boost immunization rates. Health care workers who fail to get their flu vaccine increasingly face additional infection control burdens, possible termination or public rebuke.
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Hospitals had a larger number of injuries from overexertion in 2008 than any other industry in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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As of September 7, 2010, there have been 3,834 (confirmed, probable, and suspected) cases of pertussis reported in California.
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During the past decade, blood tests have been developed to diagnose infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
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Of 41 members of a New England bus tour group returning to California by plane, 15 had symptoms consistent with norovirus infection and 6 cases were confirmed by reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and found to be the same strain.
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The past decade has seen malaria control return to the forefront of global public health agendas.
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In this issue: Antiviral drugs and birth defects, bisphosphonates and esophageal cancer, naltrexone plus bupropion for weight loss, 2010-11 influenza vaccine, FDA Actions.
