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The Screening Tool for Early Predictors of PTSD (STEPP) is the first method available for emergency physicians to quickly and effectively assess the risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), says Nancy Kassam-Adams, MD, associate director for behavior research at TraumaLink, a pediatric trauma research center based at Childrens Hospital in Philadelphia.
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Question: What does the final EMTALA rule say about taking time to consult with the patients personal physician?
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The nations efforts to vaccinate ED staff and other frontline health care providers against smallpox hit a serious bump when some people developed serious heart problems after the vaccination, but the concerns were unwarranted, states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta.
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ED managers are no longer on their own when it comes to figuring out how to respond to prepare and respond to a resurgence of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) but theyre not home free just yet.
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Hospitals that fail to use safer needle devices wherever possible including the operating room may find themselves the target of employee complaints or Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) citations.
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Nurses should be restricted from working more than 12 hours at time or more than 60 hours in a week to prevent error-producing fatigue, an Institute of Medicine (IOM) panel recommended in a comprehensive review of the nursing work environment.
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In an action that might have national repercussions, voters in the state of Washington have rescinded the only preventive ergonomics rule in the country.
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Is intradermal (ID) vaccination the answer for those who dont respond to two full series of hepatitis B vaccine?
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Long-term exposure to ethylene oxide (EtO), even at permissible levels, may be putting hospital workers at increased risk for breast cancer, recent studies suggest.
