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IDSA coverage: ‘USA 300’ MRSA clone becoming dominant strain
The latest evidence of the continuing emergence of a single predominant strain of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) comes from Atlanta, where hospital-based investigators found the so-called USA 300 clone is causing 90% of incoming skin and soft tissue infections. -
Preparing your facility for natural disasters
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Bioterrorism Watch supplement
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Full November 2004 issue in PDF
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News Briefs
2005 survey fees will be increased; Cost, revenue information available on PA centers; GAO: Hospitals not getting enough reimbursement. -
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2004 Salary Survey Results: Fight rising costs of hiring by keeping current staff
The good news for respondents to the 2004 Same-Day Surgery Salary Survey is that more than 68% of survey respondents saw their salary increase between 1% and 6% in 2004. Even better news for almost 11% of survey respondents was the 7% to 10% they reported. In 2003, only 5.44% of respondents received a 7% to 10% increase. -
Awareness may be more common than you think — Can monitoring help?
Someone in the OR makes a comment about a patients tattoo. In another case, a catheter doesnt get connected, and urine ends up on the OR floor. Someone gets mad about the mess and starts yelling. Do these situations sound like a bad day in the OR? Now imagine the patient wakes up in recovery and tells you she heard what your staff said, but she was paralyzed and unable to speak. -
Full November 2004 issue in PDF
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Rofecoxib withdrawal from market shakes the pharmaceutical industry
The recent withdrawal of the popular arthritis drug rofecoxib (Vioxx) from the market has left patients scrambling for alternatives and providers looking at long-term consequences.