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Hospitals acted to improve their respiratory protection programs as new questions surfaced about protections of health care workers from severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS).
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Its official: The tuberculosis standard is dead. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) withdrew the TB standard from its regulatory agenda, citing the decline in tuberculosis cases in the United States.
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Ultraviolet light is an effective way to inactivate tuberculosis and prevent transmission in hospitals, according to a study sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) in Cincinnati.
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Many hospitals are failing to address the risk of workplace violence, even when state law requires prevention efforts, according to preliminary findings of a California-based study.
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The skyrocketing cost of medical malpractice insurance has affected physicians throughout the nation. Many emergency physicians (EPs) have seen the costs of insurance nearly double in the past three years. Some insurers have deemed EPs with three claims against them in a five-year period as uninsurable. This months ED Legal Letter will provide insight into the malpractice crisis by looking at the cause, effect, and potential solutions to the problem. Furthermore, it will review why past legislative attempts to remedy previous malpractice crises have failed.
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Recruiting students for research at universities and colleges is no longer as simple as having professors offer extra credit in exchange for participation. It has become an area that has created controversy within institutions and IRBs.
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IRBs located in universities might find themselves inundated with low-risk protocols if they reviewed every single study proposed by college students working on their graduate papers. On the other hand, it would be poor policy and possibly provide risk to human subjects if these studies were routinely ignored.
