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The fact that Californias Safe Hospital Staffing Law (AB 394) isnt getting much support from the American Association of Critical Care Nurses hasnt stopped other nursing associations that support the law from encouraging nurses throughout the country to lobby for similar staffing ratio laws.
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Utmost caution has to be applied when future quality of life as presumed by nurses and doctors is used as an argument for withholding or withdrawing further treatment.
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In recent years, an important manifestation of shock, resuscitation, and critical illness has become more evident in the intensive care unit.
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More than 2000 cases of severe acute respiratory disease (SARS) with more than 70 deaths were reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by April 2, 2003.
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Pneumococcal vaccine protects older adults from developing pneumococcal bacteremia but does not prevent community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), according to a new study from Group Health Cooperative in Seattle.
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With health officials, accreditors, and patient safety groups pushing hand hygiene as never before, the infection control professional is no longer the lone voice in the wilderness, preaching the gospel of Ignaz Semmelweis to the unwashed masses.
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Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) pioneered hand hygiene in medicine when trying to control the spread of puerperal (childbed) fever caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.
