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  • The Choking Game: Physician Perspectives


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    The Choking Game: Physician Perspectives Source: Pediatrics Close to one third of physicians surveyed were unaware of the choking game, a potentially life-threatening activity practiced by adolescents. Despite acknowledging that the choking game should be included in adolescent anticipatory guidance, few ...
    2 weeks ago

  • Patient Safety At Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    Patient Safety At Ten: Unmistakable Progress, Troubling Gaps Source: Health Affairs December 1, 2009, marks the tenth anniversary of the Institute of Medicine report on medical errors, To Err Is Human, which arguably launched the modern patient-safety movement. Over the past decade, a variety of pressures (such ...
    3 weeks ago

  • FDA Announces New Warning on Plavix: Avoid Use with Prilosec/Prilosec OTC


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    FDA Announces New Warning on Plavix: Avoid Use with Prilosec/Prilosec OTC Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration Patients should avoid using the stomach acid reducer Prilosec/Prilosec OTC (omeprazole) with the anti-clotting drug Plavix (clopidogrel), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned on Nov. 17. ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Building Decontamination Alternatives Report


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    Building Decontamination Alternatives Report Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Homeland Security Research EPA has published a building decontamination alternatives report, which provides information on how to effectively decontaminate buildings that are contaminated with chemical or biological (CB) ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2008


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses Requiring Days Away From Work, 2008 Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Both the rate and the number of nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses requiring days away from work in private industry decreased 7 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Bureau of ...
    4 weeks ago

  • EPA Releases Guide to Help Scientists Understand Children’s Exposure to Pollutants


    Docuticker — Authority Authority: 153
    EPA Releases Guide to Help Scientists Understand Children’s Exposure to Pollutants Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today released a user-friendly document to help risk assessors understand how children are exposed to pollution. The document, titled ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Technology & Teamwork Drive a Sharps Safety Program


    Cataract Outsourcing — Authority Authority: 140
    Occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens from needlesticks and other sharps injuries is a serious problem, but it is often preventable. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that each year 385,000 needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries are sustained by hospital-based healthcare ...
    5 weeks ago


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    5 weeks ago

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