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Tips for Maximizing Workers’ Compensation Strategies
The healthcare industry is improving how it handles workers’ compensation cases and the related liability, but many organizations could improve.
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Overdose Prevention Act Would Ease the Way for Sharing of Substance Use Disorder Info
A bill making its way through Congress could address current problems with how information on mental health and substance use disorders is shared among healthcare providers.
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Social Media and Young Nurses Could Be Bad Combination
Young nurses are at a higher risk of misusing social media. Their online actions can lead to liability for themselves and their employers.
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Coding Issues Carry Major Liability, Compliance Risks
Liability issues related to coding can be significant and require the attention of the risk manager. Know and monitor the top issues of concern.
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Patient Demand for White Caregivers Prompts Lawsuit
Six nursing assistants are suing a healthcare facility for allegedly catering to patient demands for only white caregivers. Dealing with such requests requires adherence to clear policies.
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Infectious Disease Alert Updates
Utility of GI Multiplex Assay; ‘The World Is Covered by a Thin Layer of Feces’
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Why IDSA Did Not Support the Surviving Sepsis Campaign
The Infectious Diseases Society of America withheld its support for the Surviving Sepsis guidelines. The general concerns included vagueness and inconsistency in definition of sepsis, “one size fits all” prescription of time to administer antibiotics, lack of clarity around drawing blood cultures through IV catheters, recommendation of combination antibiotics, lack of definition around when to use procalcitonin levels, when and how to use pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic data effectively, prolonged antibiotic “prophylaxis,” and duration of therapy.
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Oral Antibiotics May Increase the Risk for Nephrolithiasis
A case-control study found that receipt of an oral antibiotic in the preceding three to 12 months was associated with nephrolithiasis. The risk persisted up to five years, and younger patients were at increased risk.
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Reduced Noninfectious Adverse Events After Discontinuation of Contact Precautions in Patients Colonized or Infected With MRSA and/or VRE
Discontinuation of contact precautions for patients colonized or infected with either MRSA or VRE is associated with a decrease in rates of noninfectious adverse events.
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VRE and MRSA: Time to Assign Contact Precautions to the Dust Heap of History
In the context of other horizontally implemented, effective infection prevention measures, the use of contact precautions for most patients colonized or infected with MRSA or VRE fails to provide benefit.