The council has not recommended auto-injectors for use by health care personnel, at whom the guideline is directed.
Two plastic surgeons found four infections after face lift surgeries, including two requiring hospitalization -- with both patients having had known contact with another doctor or hospital.
Profile examples include a patient/physician e-mail communication system that overcomes the inconvenience of automated phone systems and accommodates the difficult schedules of both the physician and the patient.
"The sheer number of older patients in the coming years will require trying new models for delivering health care and the commitment of greater financial resources," said report committee chair John W. Rowe.
The gift, presented before the pope's current American trip, illustrates churches' role in public access defibrillator programs.
The legislation signed this week and effective July 1, will ban smoking in restaurants, bars, and workplaces.
Canada is the first country to complete a risk assessment of bisphenol A in consultation with industry and other stakeholders, and to initiate a 60-day public comment period on whether to ban the importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottles which contain bisphenol A.
Michigan OSHA announced its resumption April 11 and said it is following OSHA's lead, now that an annual congressional block has been removed.
Medications formulated for adults but administered to children must be more carefully dispensed and monitored, the alert says.
Measles is contagious from approximately four days before through four days after the rash appears. Symptoms begin seven to 21 days after the exposure to the disease occurred.
"We believe that we have instilled a culture of safety that is beyond sustainable, it is contagious," said Novartis CFO Gary Rosenthal.
The association hopes participants log 1 million miles and raise $1 million on April 16.
It seems that each year, new hazards in the home, workplace, and community are identified that endanger our health and well-being. Bloodborne pathogens such as bird flu and the mutant bacterial staph, MRSA, continue to threaten our health. New toxicity hazards have been discovered in chemicals that have been used for decades.
The facility faces $255,800 in proposed penalties for failing to train employees who may work with formaldehyde and failing to conduct airborne exposure evaluations, among other things.
The authors warn that female vets of childbearing age "should be fully informed of the possible reproductive effects of ionising radiation, unscavenged anaesthetic gases, and exposure to pesticides."
"These principles should be endorsed by all stakeholders as the nation moves toward a health care system that values quality and embraces transparency," said AHIP President and CEO Karen Ignagni.
The SmartSponge™ system uses an RFID chip, shown here, to alert surgical staffers if a sponge remains in a patient, thus preventing a dangerous error.
The original cost estimate, $3 billion, was wrong because the program didn't end in 1976 as planned and eligibility and benefits were expanded. Almost 1 million claims have been filed.