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Even something as benign as a research symposium can cause a ruckus when the topic is ergonomics.
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A fight is brewing over requirements for annual fit-testing of filtering face-piece respirators to protect against TB. Opponents to annual fit-testing at hospitals have flooded the U.S.
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Two years after needle safety became a mandate nationwide, hospitals face what may be their greatest challenge: keeping the momentum.
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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has proposed a new infection control standard. As part of emergency management activities, organizations should prepare to respond to epidemics or infections likely to require expanded care capabilities over an extended period of time.
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The flu season may be coming to a close, but the push for hospitals to improve their preparedness to prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases is just gathering steam.
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Does the security rule specify how a risk analysis must be conducted?; How should passwords be chosen to ensure security?; Can a home health agency post thank-you letters from patients on a bulletin board that can be seen by staff and other patients?
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American Hospital Association attorney Lawrence Hughes said there are aspects of the privacy rule that still are not working well and are creating unnecessary burdens for hospitals, with little benefit to patients.
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Access personnel at the University Hospital of Arkansas in Little Rock can look forward to moving up a recently established career ladder that is boosting morale as well as paychecks.
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Bernard Schwetz to head OHRP.
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Add up the number of citations of noncompliance related to IRB issues that the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) at the Department of Health and Human Services in Rockville, MD, handed out between October 1998 and June 2002 and the numbers are pretty staggering. Of the 1,120 citations given to 155 institutions, 1,014 of them say something about IRB noncompliance and deficiencies.
