Articles Tagged With: risks
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Vaginal Estrogen Found to Be Safe, Effective Option During Menopause
Results of recent research indicate that vaginal estrogen is effective and safe for the treatment of genitourinary symptoms. Such low-dose vaginal estrogen options keep blood levels within the normal postmenopausal range.
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AAAHC has new standard requiring written risk assessment for infection control
Beginning this year, the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has a new standard (7.I.B.) requiring a written risk assessment in infection control. The risk assessment becomes the basis for the infection control program for the facility, according to Marcia Patrick, MSN, RN, CIC, surveyor for ambulatory care at AAAHC.
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Risks increasing, but risk managers are losing traction in hospitals
At a time when the risks to hospitals and health systems are on the increase, some healthcare risk managers feel as though they are being pushed to the sidelines and their responsibilities delegated among other hospital administrators, says Leilani Kicklighter, a patient safety and risk management consultant with The Kicklighter Group in Tamarac, FL, and a past president of the American Society for Healthcare Risk Management in Chicago.
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OHRP’s standard of care draft guidance elicits praise, criticism
Critics and supporters both have weighed in on recent standard of care guidance published by the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).