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Pharmacology Watch: FDA Approves Claritin For OTC Use For Seasonal Rhinitis
After years of legal wrangling, the FDA has approved loratadine (Claritin, Schering-Plough) as an over-the-counter (OTC) product for the treatment of seasonal rhinitis. -
Critical Care Plus: Using ‘Travelers’ to Meet Staffing Needs is Harder in ICUs
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Critical Care Plus: Grants Focus on Improving Nursing Skills
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Effects of Adding an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to the Neuroscience Care Team
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Magnesium Sulfate for Acute Severe Asthma
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Hyperbaric Oxygen for Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
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Special Feature: PEEP, Recruitment Maneuvers, and Open-Lung Strategies in Patients with ARDS
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Critical Care Plus: Hospitalist ER Involvement Lowers Facility Costs
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New standards, surprise inspections demonstrate JCAHO’s emphasis on IC
The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has raised the ante again on infection control professionals, drafting prescriptive new standards for 2005 and putting the field at the top of the list for surprise inspections next year. -
Draft standards detail policy demands for ICPs
The Oakbrook Terrace-based Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations proposed infection control standards for 2005 include a more prescriptive approach that already is proving controversial.