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In July 2002, the North Carolina Medical Board made history by becoming the first state board to revoke the license of a physician for giving what it considered to be false and misleading testimony in a medical malpractice case.
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Physicians often have to give bad and distressing news to patients. The screening tests have found cancer. An ultrasound shows that a pregnancy is not progressing normally. A planned treatment regimen is not having the desired result.
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As the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services begins a new initiative to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS, health care facilities once again are talking about a long-controversial issue whether health care workers should be required to undergo screening for infection with HIV, or hepatitis B and C viruses (HBV, HCV).
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With health officials, accreditors, and patient safety groups pushing hand hygiene as never before, the infection control professional is no longer the lone voice in the wilderness, preaching the gospel of Ignaz Semmelweis to the unwashed masses.
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Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) pioneered hand hygiene in medicine when trying to control the spread of puerperal (childbed) fever caused by Streptococcus pyogenes.
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For almost two years now, we have had an active, very fun, and effective hand hygiene monitoring program.
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Many hospitals will be besieged and severely overcrowded if an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) occurs during the 2003-2004 influenza season, a government watchdog agency recently warned Congress.
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Increased reimbursement, a new nasal delivery system, and the lingering shadow of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) should combine to make for a memorable 2003-2004 flu vaccination season.
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With approximately 95% of all new HIV infections now occurring in developing countries, the search for a global AIDS vaccine is increasingly critical. Some barriers have fallen, but the virus is an elusive target, said Gary J. Nabel, MD, PhD, director of the vaccine research center at the National Institutes of Health.
