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Public tells healthcare workers: get your H1N1 flu vaccine
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As H1N1 influenza vaccine begins to be shipped across the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) emphasize getting the first doses to high-priority groups. One such group is healthcare workers.
A report released today by the C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health shows 87 percent of the public believes healthcare workers should be required to be vaccinated against H1N1 flu in
case of an outbreak, while only 38 percent of healthcare workers intend to get the H1N1 flu vaccine.
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A disposable linen pack that reduces the cost of lost and stolen linens. Latex-free bedding used to transport patients between medical facilities. MORE |
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MRSA activists declare MRSA an epidemic on World MRSA Day
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The Chicago-based non-profit organization, MRSA Survivors Network launched the first inaugural World MRSA Day event on Oct. 1st at Loyola University Chicago with great success. MRSA activists came from across the U.S. to participate and included MRSA survivors and MRSA victim family members,
world-renowned epidemiologists, nurses, infection preventionists, hospital association officials and state legislators.
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Environmental Services Directors or Managers: Departmental
Development & Improvement Course (10/19/09)
ASHES Share
This online course is designed as a self-directed educational program for healthcare environmental services directors or managers. Among the course objectives are: Conduct an OSHA internal environmental audit; describe the
quality improvement model, describe and implement the eight steps to process improvement; using critical thinking skills, apply the Environmental Services Role in Achieving the Institute for Medicine Six Aims for Improvement to the project work; write and present a comprehensive business plan for the department. More
New study addresses hand hygiene and contamination of keyboards
Infection Control Today Share
A new study to be published in BMC Infectious
Diseases examines the issue of hand hygiene and the bacterial contamination of computer keyboards and mice.
Lu et al. conducted their study in a 1,600-bed medical center of southern Taiwan with 47 wards and 282 computers. With education and monitoring program of hand hygiene of healthcare workers, the average compliance rate was 74 percent before the researchers’ surveillance.
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U.K.: Hospitals get new hi-tech chairs to reduce superbug risk
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A prototype chair designed to eliminate the risk of spreading hospital superbugs is being tweaked by engineers before going into mass production later this year.
The chair, the result of a groundbreaking collaboration between the Department of Health
and the Design Council, may not win any awards for beauty, but its shape does avoid the nooks and crannies thought to harbour the MRSA and C difficile superbugs. The chair should soon become a staple part of the British hospital experience.
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Philadelphia hospitals boost recycling, savings
The Philadelphia Inquirer Share
Going green saved eight area hospitals $600,000 over two years, according
to the Health Care Improvement Foundation, a nonprofit organization that facilitated a pilot project to improve environmental procedures in hospitals.
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Vitamin D may help prevent
falls
WebMD Share
Taking vitamin D supplements, at a dose of 700-1,000 international units per day, may make falling 19
percent less likely for people aged 65 and older.
That news comes from a research review published online in BMJ, formerly called the British Medical Journal.
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Case study: Wisconsin hospital saves dollars by going green
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Bit by bit, a center at one Wisconsin hospital has been adding green initiatives to its operations. These efforts, while not earth-shattering on their own, have already begun to show results for the facility, administrators say.
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CNN, TIME examine increasing antibiotic resistance
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CNN examines a recent report by researchers that warns of increasing antibiotic resistance and appeals for
governments to take action to develop new antibiotics to avert a health crisis. TIME examines why it is not cost-effective for pharmaceutical companies to invest in antibiotic research and ways to incentivize such companies to invest in the development of new antibiotics.
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Sure-Way Systems is your all-in-one solution for managing sharps disposal, medical waste and other recyclable waste streams in the healthcare industry. MORE |
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