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11/13/2009 - News

Stroller Recall Due to Risk of Amputation

Stroller maker Maclaren USA Inc. announced on November 9, 2009 a recall of about one million strollers sold in the United States over the past 10 years. The stroller recall was prompted by a dozen reports of children’s fingers being amputated, or cut off, when they got caught in the hinges of the stroller. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

WHO Issues Guidelines on Keeping Hands Clean

The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines on maintaining hand hygiene in any setting in which health care is provided. These guidelines provide a thorough review of hand hygiene research, as well as specific recommendations for improving hygiene practices to reduce the transmission of infection to both patients and healthcare workers. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

WHO Provides Advice on Preventing Flu Spread

Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) advised countries to be on high alert for the new H1N1 swine flu virus. The WHO raised its alert level to 5, on a scale of 6, indicating that a pandemic, an epidemic of infection that spreads through populations across a large region, is imminent. Read more

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10/26/2009 - News

Swine Flu Update

Last week, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and state and local public health agencies published information on the first 642 cases of H1N1 virus (swine flu) in the United States. Their findings were published online May 7, 2009 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Read more

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10/23/2009 - News
Does a High White Blood Cell Count Mean Cancer?

Does a High White Blood Cell Count Mean Cancer?

Inflammatory changes in the body, sometimes shown by "inflammatory markers" in the blood such as CRP (C-reactive protein), have been linked with a number of diseases, including cancer. Read more

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10/22/2009 - News

FDA Issues Warning About Radiation Overexposure During Brain Scan

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reported cases of radiation overexposure during brain perfusion computed tomography (CT) imaging. Although the reported cases of radiation overexposure all occurred at a single institution, this warning does raise a red flag about potential problems with CT quality assurance programs. Read more

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10/21/2009 - News

Study Examines Merits of Endovascular Versus Open Aneurysm Repair

An abdominal aortic aneurysm occurs when the major blood vessel supplying blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs becomes abnormally large or bulges outward. A potential complication of abdominal aortic aneurysm is that of the blood vessel tearing open. Each year in the United States, 45,000 people with unruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm undergo elective repair. Endovascular repair is a less invasive method of fixing abdominal aortic aneurysm than open repair, but short-term outcomes of endovascular repair are not well-studied. Read more

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09/25/2009 - News

Most Mistakes in Emergency Departments Are Due to Human Error

Emergency departments are often overcrowded hospital settings where the urgency of care makes patient safety more challenging. According to a study published online September 18, 2009 in BMC Emergency Medicine, most of the mistakes that occur in emergency departments are caused by human error. Read more

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09/16/2009 - News

Hospitalists May Improve Quality of Care

Hospitalists are physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners whose primary professional focus is hospital medicine. Little is known about the association between hospitalists and their influence on hospital-level quality indicators. In a recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, researchers report that hospitals with hospitalists scored better performance on hospital-level quality indicators for certain medical conditions. Read more

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09/10/2009 - News

Retail Clinics An Alternative for Basic Healthcare

Retail clinics, healthcare clinics in retail stores such as grocery stores and pharmacies, are becoming increasingly popular in many regions of the United States. However, the cost, quality, and delivery of preventive care provided by these retail clinics are not well-studied. In the September 1, 2009 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers report that retail clinics provide less costly treatment for some common illness, with no apparent adverse effect on quality of care.   Read more

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