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There's more to needle safety than a safety device. That conclusion, simple as it may sound, led BJC Healthcare in St. Louis to analyze the environment of care and clinical technique as it seeks to reduce injuries from subcutaneous injections.
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Reducing bloodborne pathogen exposures remains a primary concern for employee health nurses, according to a survey of members by the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP).
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Over the years, emergency medicine physicians and pediatricians have been sued many times for failure to recognize and report non-accidental trauma and vulnerable children. Unfortunately, there are a number of ways to go wrong when it comes to reporting child abuse, and there are three recognized liability issues: A liability for failure to report suspected abuse, liability for reporting suspected abuse and liability for unauthorized release of confidential information during the course of reporting.
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Use of excessive force. Misapplication of restraints. Failing to follow standards from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) or The Joint Commission. Any of these practices can result in a liability claim from an ED patient for injuries arising from restraint.
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Long ago, one of my mentors staunchly opined that "only a 'real doctor' should be allowed to testify that a 'real doctor' breached the standard of care." Two recent high-level court decisions upholding tort state reforms bring us closer to that reality, i.e., requiring the plaintiff's physician expert to actually practice medicine in order to testify in a medical malpractice lawsuit.
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This is the first of a two-part series on missed myocardial infarction [MI] cases. This month, we report on the best practices for reducing liability risks involving triage, and review cases of chest pain patients involving adverse outcomes in ED waiting rooms.
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"Unfortunately, while health care access continues to decline, the episodes of bad outcomes in waiting rooms can only rise.
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One of the most significant events in a person's life one often intertwined with his or her philosophies, values, and spiritual beliefs is the process of dying and death.
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