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More than 60 Dean Clinic patients and family members tested positive for hepatitis, but the state of Wisconsin found no link to the diabetes nurse educator who mistakenly reused insulin devices.
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HHS announced nearly $49 million in grants to state health departments to help them address the spread of infectious diseases. The funds—the third such installment provided to states under the healthcare reform law—will go toward ramping up information technology systems, hiring and...
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In a statewide ranking, the state Department of Public Health says that California hospitals overall reported a 10% decrease last year of a deadly type of hospital-acquired infection that can strike critically ill patients. Among teaching hospitals, UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento posts a...
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Edgar Barnes was relieved, almost buoyant, on Friday for the first time in many weeks. He had just emerged from a state-sponsored health clinic here where he was tested for hepatitis C. His test came back negative.
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Despite a California law that requires hospitals to report their incidences of healthcare-associated infections, many such infections still go unreported, according to a review conducted by the state's public health department.
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Targeting nurse staffing levels and burnout may help hospitals reduce their rates of certain types of healthcare-associated infections, a study says.
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Infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus doubled at academic medical centers between 2003 and 2008, according to a study published in the August issue of the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
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The use of single-dose or single-use vials for more than one patient has been linked to outbreaks of invasive Staphylococcus aureus infections in 10 individuals being treated for pain at outpatient clinics in Arizona and Delaware this year, according to a study in the Centers for Disease Control...
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Having computerized physician order-entry systems in place doesn't eliminate the risk of wrong-patient orders, but interventions that require providers to double-check their work can greatly reduce the likelihood that such errors will occur, according to a study in the Journal of the American...
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Consumer Reports has released individualized safety ratings for more than 1,100 hospitals. More than half of hospitals received an overall safety score below 50%.
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