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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In an action that might have national repercussions, voters in the state of Washington have rescinded the only preventive ergonomics rule in the country.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.
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Time is money when an employee is injured and cant return to work. Besides the financial burden for the employer in temporary disability payments, medical costs, and extra staffing, rehabilitation actually can suffer as employees stay idle at home.
