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In response to the national influenza vaccine shortage, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing the answers to some of the most common questions by clinicians and the public.
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Faced with a severe shortage of influenza vaccine, its tempting to get as much as you can out of your doses. But two techniques that could extend flu vaccine are not recommended for use, according to officials of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Ask someone where a copy of his or her companys safety manual can be found, and theres a chance they wont know. Although a necessary part of a safety program, a safety manual is generally a tool nobody wants to assemble, keep up with, or update.
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Its not a shot in the arm, but the nasal flu vaccine will be a new form of relief to some hospitals seeking vaccine supply.
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As of July 22, 39 federal class action lawsuits had been filed against 39 hospitals and health systems in 20 states, accused of failing to provide government-required charity care to uninsured patients.
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Once a year, hospitals roll out the influenza campaign and try to immunize as many health care workers as possible. But therein lies a problem. Once a year may not be enough.
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Americas not-for-profit hospitals, which for years have positioned themselves as the leading providers of uncompensated care for the uninsured and underinsured, have come under attack in state and federal courts from critics who say they are greatly overcharging the poor people they claim to be helping.
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It took eight months for the supervisor in the hospitals pharmacy to realize that she and most of her co-workers had a persistent cough. That revelation began an employee health investigation, with employee health nurse Janet Abernathy, RN, COHN-S, on the trail of an indoor air culprit.
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