Survey data collected with smartphones in this study had fewer errors and were more quickly available for analyses than data collected on paper.
Earlier estimates of 337,000 annual U.S. hospital stays related to C. difficile actually understate its overall impact.
Hundreds of people who have traveled from the Americas to Asia and Africa in the past five years have become infected with the chikungunya virus. While the virus has not spread locally in the Western Hemisphere, experts say there is a clear risk of its introduction into local mosquito populations.
"International cooperation is a critical part of improving the safety and health of all workers," said NIOSH Director John Howard, M.D.
Health professionals need to help raise awareness about the health risks of using an unclean cell phone.
It is presently susceptible to methicillin but could acquire genes making it resistant, and it transmits efficiently from person to person.
What's really interesting right now is which side OSHA is fighting on.
Needlestick injury rates from 2001 to 2005 were well below pre-Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act rates, according to the study.
These cases are becoming more difficult to treat in some countries where medicines may not always be available, according to the public health agency.
Thirty-five percent of the 822 hospitals responding had investigated at least one outbreak in the previous two years.
The Empire State Building was lit blue and orange for the evening of Feb. 3 to mark the day, for the second year in a row.
With a two-month moratorium still in place on research studies that make the H5N1 virus more transmissible in mammals, a Michigan State University grad student and professor showed how easily a new virus can evolve dangerous traits.
They still want to find a way to conduct their research on making the H5N1 avian flu strain more transmissible between mammals and to share the details with legitimate flu investigators.
The seminal 1999 report from the Institute of Medicine helped to spur initiatives focused on medical errors at hospitals. Now, experts want similar efforts to target problems in ambulatory care.
The goals took effect Jan. 1. A new one this year is focused on catheter-associated urinary tract infections for the hospital and critical access hospital accreditation programs.
OSHA opened inspections in July after receiving complaints alleging burn hazards and poor housekeeping throughout the plant.
The U.S. National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity asked the scientists involved and the journals Nature and Science to remove certain details when two papers on H5N1 transmissibility are published.
The division conducts surveillance, field studies, and research on occupational diseases such as asthma, COPD, and pneumoconiosis -– also called black lung disease, which is caused by inhaling coal dust.
MedPro Safety Products, Inc. said it surveyed 262 health care professionals during a conference in mid-2011, and 43 percent of them said they don't believe safety features in place to prevent injuries are always used.
S. 1855, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011, a reauthorization to build on the 2006 law that strengthened public health preparedness for a pandemic, is included in the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Dec. 14 executive session.