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Healthcare Workers Don’t Mind Masking to Protect Patients
A universal masking policy for healthcare providers and home care workers dramatically reduced respiratory viral infections in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients, researchers report.
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Tips and Strategies for Post-exposure Follow-up of Healthcare Workers
The lead author of a recently published paper on healthcare exposures to infectious agents and post-exposure treatment fielded questions on the topic in a wide-ranging interactive session recently at the IDWeek 2016 conference.
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Healthcare Workers Fired for Refusing Flu Shots for Religious Reasons Win Legal Battle
Six healthcare workers fired for refusing mandatory flu shots for religious reasons won back pay and offers of reinstatement from Saint Vincent Hospital in Erie, PA, according to published reports.
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CDC Expands Risk Assessment, Medical Exams in Draft Guidelines for Healthcare Workers
Employee health professionals can expect more proactive, informative guidance in the areas of risk assessment and medical evaluations in the upcoming CDC update and revision of its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
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OSHA Seeks Comment on Violence Prevention Regulation
With recently finalized regulations in California serving as a possible template, OSHA is considering a national standard to protect healthcare workers, primarily from assaults by patients.
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Digital Pills Raise Informed Consent, Privacy Concerns
The FDA recently declined approval of what would have been the first mass-marketed drug to include an ingestible sensor.
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Report: Family Caregivers Often Unprepared
A diverse group of family caregivers in New York participating in discussion groups in 2015 reported feeling unprepared for the complex medical and nursing tasks they were expected to perform at home for their family member, according to a recent report.
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Human Trafficking Training is an Ethical Concern
There’s a clear need for medical students, residents, and healthcare providers across disciplines to be informed on human trafficking, but there are no formal requirements for psychiatrists to be educated on this, a recent paper concluded.
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Analysis Looks at the First Open Payments Data
Industry payments to physicians varied widely by specialty during the first half-year of The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Open Payments program, found a recent study.
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Teleconsent Boosts Recruitment of Rural Research Participants
One barrier to recruitment of qualified research participants for clinical trials is the cumbersome, time-consuming consent process. Another is the lack of access to participants in remote locations.