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Treating Opioid-Dependent Patients with OAT; Long-Term Effects of Warfarin Use; Statins Multiple Benefits; FDA Actions
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Issuing a recommendation that soon may become a health care accreditation requirement, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for workers who decline seasonal flu shots to sign off on declination statements unless they have medical contraindications.
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The nations leading infection control professional societies have drafted model state legislation for collecting and reporting health care-associated infections that includes the following provisions:
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The aftermath of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Canada is that health care workers are paying unusually close attention to infection control inservicing and education programs, an epidemiologist reports.
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An emerging highly virulent strain of Clostridium difficile is doing more than causing concern in the hospital its spurring research in the lab.
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The availability of new diagnostics for latent tuberculosis infection signals a sea change in the way hospitals conduct annual testing of health care workers, a veteran TB controller emphasizes.
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In a major new emphasis on patient safety, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations is warning that failure to keep track of the medications needed by transferred patients is resulting in preventable deaths.
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