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Though some other infection prevention duties were shunted aside, IPs and the health care system in general rose to the challenge of the first pandemic in four decades.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made "a serious mistake" in holding fast to a recommendation that health care workers wear N95s or comparable respirators during the H1N1 influenza A pandemic, a national pandemic planner says.
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The death of a nurse from a coinfection with H1N1 influenza A and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) should have been more thoroughly investigated for a work-related link, according to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal-OSHA).
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Paul Offit, MD, infectious disease chief at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, has been front and center in the fight against the growing anti-vaccine movement and he has the hate mail to prove it.
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Sometimes in the rush to adopt new surgical approaches that allows less scarring and quicker discharge, an important fact becomes lost: Minimally invasive procedures are serious surgery with inherent risks and potentially deadly postoperative complications.
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In 2008, Heartland Regional Medical Center in St. Joseph, MO, was struggling with late start times, long turnovers, and elective cases that sometimes stretched to 4 a.m.
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What a wonderful winter it has been in America! Snow and ice and everything nice. Stalled cars, streets shut down, schools closed, general chaos tempered with gleeful, giddy, schoolchildren and frustrated parents. Ahh, global warming at its best!
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It is viable for your facility to be out of network in a world dominated by powerful insurance payers? The answer is a definite . . . maybe.
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(Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series on the benefits of a marketing director. In this issue, we tell you about the successes of a former RN who increased referrals while working part-time as the marketing director of a surgery center. In next month's issue, we tell you about the benefits of having a full-time director with a marketing background.)
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Splashes and splatters can transmit disease effectively, but many institutions don't adequately protect against this risk, says Susan Y. Parnell, RN, MSN, MPH, CIC, director of employee health clinical services at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston.
