Articles Tagged With: safety
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Ethical Issues for Individuals Providing Unproven Stem Cell Treatments
There are well-established, significant ethical concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of treatments offered by stem cell clinics. Much less is known about those actually providing these unproven interventions. Now, researchers have collected data about their background and training.
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AORN Releases Updated Guideline Regarding Team Communication
Communication breakdowns can be a factor in patients’ adverse events, data show.
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Risk Management Techniques Can Help With Monitoring
Risk management should encompass a broad process of reporting adverse events and incidents, monitoring compliance and safety, and initiating quality improvement projects and activities.
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Hospital Responds to Poor Safety Grade by Revamping QI Department
A low patient safety score at an Atlanta hospital spurred Piedmont Healthcare to revamp infection control systemwide, leading to dramatic improvements that included reducing catheter-associated urinary tract infections by 65% over two years.
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Researchers Investigate Contraceptive Vaginal Ring
Scientists are now investigating a nonhormonal monthly ring (Ovaprene) as a potential contraceptive. The device involves a permeable mesh in the center of the ring that creates a partial barrier to sperm and locally acting spermiostatic agents to create an inhospitable environment for sperm.
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Trial Underway for Vaginal Ring Device Designed for HIV Prevention
Researchers are evaluating a vaginal ring designed to protect women against both HIV and herpes simplex virus type 2 in a Phase I study. The trial is being conducted by researchers from the National Institutes of Health-funded Microbicide Trials Network at three U.S. sites in Alabama, California, and Pennsylvania.
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Researchers Release Initial Results on Developmental Vaginal Ring
In an effort to provide both HIV/AIDS and unintended pregnancy protection, researchers have developed a vaginal ring containing the antiretroviral drug dapivirine and the contraceptive hormone levonorgestrel. Scientists have just released results of an initial clinical trial, noting no safety issues.
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Company to Halt U.S. Sales of Essure Device
International pharmaceutical company Bayer has announced that it will cease U.S. sales of its Essure sterilization device as of December 2018. Although the company is halting distribution because of declining sales, the decision comes amid mounting concerns surrounding its use.
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Report: Abortion Safe, but Access to the Procedure May Be Limited
A new report has determined that while abortion in the United States is safe, the quality of abortion care depends on where a woman lives.
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Adjuvanted Recombinant Hepatitis B Vaccine (Heplisav-B)
Heplisav-B is a new hepatitis B vaccine approved by the FDA in November 2017.