News tagged with hospital staff
Legionnaires' disease outbreak linked to hospital's decorative fountain
A 2010 outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Wisconsin has been linked to a decorative fountain in a hospital lobby, according to a study published in the February issue of Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the jo ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Patients at risk of knee joint complications when new technology is used
Orthopaedic surgeons face a steep learning curve to get used to new prostheses, and the instruments and methods that go with them, before new total knee replacement procedures are as safe and effective as conventional methods. ...
Dec 14, 2011 |
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Crush breaks out at Indonesian BlackBerry event
An offer of discounted BlackBerry smart phones turned into a frenzy Friday when thousands of Indonesians stormed the outlet, causing a crush in which at least three people were injured and some fainted.
Nov 25, 2011 |
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Female shift workers may be at higher risk of heart disease
Women hospital staff working night shifts may be compromising their own health as they try to improve the health of patients, Dr. Joan Tranmer told the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2011, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke ...
Medicine & Health / Cardiology
Oct 23, 2011 |
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Identifying correlations in electronic patient records
A new study demonstrates how text mining of electronic health records can be used to create medical term profiles of patients, which can be used both to identify co-occurrence of diseases and to cluster patients into groups ...
Aug 25, 2011 |
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3 die at UK hospital where saline was contaminated
(AP) -- British police are investigating whether three hospital patients died as a result of receiving saline solution contaminated with insulin.
Jul 17, 2011 |
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Hospitals reach limits in E.coli crisis
(AP) -- Blood specialist Dr. Cay-Uwe von Seydewitz has been making his rounds 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week, since the outbreak of a deadly bacterial epidemic.
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Gaps in health care limit options for older adults, expert says
There are 50 million family members providing care to older adults in the United States, according to the MetLife Foundation and national caregiving associations. When older adults are hospitalized and discharged, their families ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Experts call for greater pain assessment in hospitals as 65 percent of patients report problems
Nearly two-thirds of the hospital in-patients who took part in a survey had experienced pain in the last 24 hours and 42% of those rated their pain as more than seven out of ten, where ten was the worst pain imaginable, according ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert
Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.
May 27, 2009 |
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Palliative care skills training needed for health-care staff in sub-Saharan Africa
A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information ...
Apr 22, 2009 |
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New study finds hospital practices strongly impact breastfeeding rates
Hospital practices, such as supplementing newborns with formula or water or giving them pacifiers, significantly reduce the chances that mothers who intend to exclusively breastfeed will achieve that intention, according ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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