American Medical Compliance

JUNE 16, 2023

This raises concerns about how providers store needlesticks as well as protect patients and healthcare workers alike. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an estimated 385,000 needlestick injuries occur among healthcare workers each year in the United States alone. Reference CDC (17 October 2022).

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Medagadget

AUGUST 25, 2023

The CDC recently released new recommendations for higher air replacement rates and the use of active air purification equipment in crowded spaces. PCO has the capability to oxidize organic matter, VOCs and other organic molecules as well as airborne contaminants / pathogens. Medgadget: How can we prepare better for the next pandemic?

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ACEP Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

He noted spending about five days walking through a jungle, as well as traversing rivers. There was concern for possible cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), therefore he was admitted to the hospital for infectious-disease and surgical consultations, as well as to complete a punch biopsy the following day. CDC website. CDC website.

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Taming the SRU

OCTOBER 16, 2024

VTE is associated significantly with maternal mortality, and has been cited by the CDC to be up associated with 10.5% Pregnant patients are inherently higher risk for VTE, and because of this are excluded from normal clinical decision tools like Wells Criteria that would normally be able to help guidance our clinical decisions.

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

DECEMBER 13, 2023

CDC growth charts are commonly used for children two years or older. Susan had issues initially with ensuring the correct latch, but after a review with a lactation consultant, feeding is going well. Though it has been hard, they have been coping well and enjoying parenthood. First and foremost, do they look well or unwell?

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

AUGUST 11, 2023

Educate Your Staff One of the critical steps in maintaining HIPAA compliance is ensuring that all healthcare staff members are well-informed about the regulations pertaining to patient privacy and social media usage. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is reporting a 17.3% This is important due to staff turnover.

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Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

OCTOBER 9, 2024

This list is not all inclusive, there may be other challenges as well. The resources used for this article were the CDC, OSHA, EPA, and The Association for Dental Safety. The following are a few infection control items that are to be assessed and ensure they are operating correctly for a facility to reopen.

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American Medical Compliance

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The CDC provides guidance on who should seek COVID-19 testing. State and local health departments, as well as organizations themselves, may also have their own guidance. Consult state and local health organizations, as well as your organization, for specific guidance on seeking testing.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 15, 2023

Patients were prescribed a schedule of twice-daily analgesia, and were allowed to increase the dose from 5 mg to 10 mg if pain was not initially well-controlled. CDC website. In that respect, these trials, particularly OPAL, provide very little insight into whether opiate analgesia supports this early recovery.

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EMDocs

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Some institutions developed a tier-based system for outpatient imaging as well which was updated in real-time. Under standard operating protocols, residual contrast materials are usually wasted, according to current CDC and JC standards.

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Pediatric Education

JANUARY 21, 2024

7YOs can: Gross motor Rides a 2-wheel bike well Can perform most activities of daily living almost independently but may need occasional help with difficult clothing, etc. Child Development: Middle Childhood (6-8 years old) | CDC. Accessed October 2, 2023. link] Centers for Disease Control. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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ACEP Now

JULY 6, 2023

5 Patients with acute ischemic strokes, STEMIs, and trauma, as well as many other diagnoses, have their workup largely completed, and even sometimes definitive therapy executed, before they leave the emergency department, rather than requiring inpatient units. CDC website : Sexually Transmitted Disease Guidelines 2021.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

JANUARY 19, 2024

Unfortunately, the possibility of congenital infections always looms large as well, including congenital syphilis. CDC 2023] In 2021, there were over 2800 cases of congenital syphilis, tripled from 2017. We have touched on the treatment for older children with syphilis with Bicillin CR vs LA.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Another change is the CDC approved the use of IV artesunate for malaria treatment in the US in May 2022. This allowed US hospitals to stock the drug to ensure quick treatment of suspected severe cases, rather than having to ship it from the CDC under the prior expanded-access protocol (Thomas 2023). Third times the charm!

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American Medical Compliance

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

According to the CDC, childhood vaccinations prevent about 4 million deaths each year. Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in Pediatric Healthcare Vaccine hesitancy is particularly significant in pediatrics, where immunizations protect children from potentially life-threatening diseases like measles, polio, and whooping cough.

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Pediatric EM Morsels

MARCH 17, 2023

In the US, the venomous snakes include rattlesnakes , copperheads, cottonmouths/water moccasins , and coral snakes [ CDC, 2021 ] Rattlesnakes live all across the United State s Copperheads inhabit the eastern U.S. If you are managing a snake bite from a snake that does not typically reside in the U.S.,

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Sensible Medicine

APRIL 9, 2025

The patients were a mix of kids who were hospitalized for a treatable conditions, like diabetic keto acidosis, as well as those who were incurable, like a cute 2 year old boy with a brain stem tumor that grew relentlessly after neurosurgery. Outside all the windows spilled tranquil blue water. We could have been in the Pacific.

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RebelEM

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Background: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), or what the CDC recently renamed infection-related ventilator-associated complication (IVAC), is defined as a nosocomial pneumonia occurring on day 3 of mechanical ventilation that was preceded by 2 days of stable or decreasing ventilator requirements. 4, 8 Paper: Dahyot-Fizelier, C.,

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 13, 2024

Oh well, at least we tried. The second story was on Weekend Edition Sunday, CDC report finds 1 in 9 American kids has been diagnosed with ADHD. I’ve heard these data , which were released by the CDC on May 16, 2024, reported equally poorly on many outlets. I was once a total NPR junky. An unabashed fan.

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PulmCCM

AUGUST 7, 2023

Circulation) Yet CDC was claiming precisely the opposite in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report around the same time. Some have even suggested that CDC was aware of the concerning European data, and chose to publish an alternative narrative that better supported universal vaccination. (To health systems. university campuses.

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EMDocs

AUGUST 15, 2023

Background: According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 7,000-8,000 people in the United States (US) suffer envenomation by a snake each year. Venomous Snakes | NIOSH | CDC. What antivenoms are available to treat crotalid envenomation? What is the dosing schedule for antivenom? Treatment of snakebite poisoning.

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Sensible Medicine

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

He also co-led the team whose work led the CDC to issue a major clarification of its 2016 opioid prescribing guideline and is currently a principal investigator of the only national study to examine individual suicides that occur after the reduction of prescribed opioids. . Criticism of these programs is both well-deserved and unfair.

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EMDocs

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

DGA concentrates in the kidney tissue and causes nephrotoxicity, as well as neurotoxicity. Elimination half-life data is not well established but increases in larger overdoses and as renal injury begins to occur. CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Metabolism of DEG adapted from Bessenhofer, et al. Schier, Capt.

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ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. National Center for Health Statistics: Mortality Data on CDC WONDER. CDC’s efforts to improve traumatic brain injury surveillance.

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Medagadget

JUNE 26, 2023

Even though breast milk is best for NICU infants, a 2020 CDC report said that 13% of U.S. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) store this donated breast milk in large freezers, ideally for no more than six to 12 months according to CDC guidelines. hospital NICUs don’t have stocks of donated breast milk. Link: BBy homepage…

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SheMD

APRIL 24, 2023

Well there were two other ones that were in morula phase but needed to progress to blastocyst. Well that night, I had the residency over for a wellness Thanksgiving dinner. according to CDC data. It was October. We were “going to put a pumpkin in my belly”. We will have two more once they grow. And yes, I am the 1%.

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ACEP Now

AUGUST 15, 2023

While there has been ample discussion of “the practice of mindfulness” in health care workers that improves mental well-being, when do we have this time? However, expressing genuine gratitude for yourself and others is powerful for your mental and physical well-being. However, they should not define our wellness. Cogn Ther Res.

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Sensible Medicine

JUNE 25, 2024

The Cleveland Clinic page on sex difference and sex terminology , for example, identifies the CDC’s alcohol guidelines as an example of a place where “the gender binary often shows up in places where it’s not needed.” As the CDC itself points out, males and females metabolize alcohol differently. Is it accurate?

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Sensible Medicine

MARCH 29, 2024

I recently read David Ropeik’s book, Curing Cancer-phobia and found that it contained a lot of, well, sensible messages. An analysis done by the CDC for my book, Curing Cancer- phobia , How Risk, Fear, and Worry Mislead Us , found that in 2017, 21.3 I asked if he would write something for Sensible Medicine.

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AED Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Consider having a backup AED battery as well as backup electrode pads in case of untimely failure or physical damage to the components. According to the CDC, over 40 states require or encourage the ongoing maintenance and testing of AED devices. This can cause incorrect heart rhythm readings as well as deficient shock delivery.

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AED Leader

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Consider having a backup AED battery as well as backup electrode pads in case of untimely failure or physical damage to the components. According to the CDC, over 40 states require or encourage the ongoing maintenance and testing of AED devices. This can cause incorrect heart rhythm readings as well as deficient shock delivery.

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ACEP Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

We wanted to reach emergency physicians, nurses and others working in trauma as well as those at Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control. as well as working closely on behalf of the association on projects with the White House and the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Defense, and Health and Human Services.

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JULY 10, 2024

And, since we know from the CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey that many American teens are having sex with less than optimal condom use and infrequent STI testing, pediatricians everywhere should be thinking more about acquired syphilis infection, not just congenital syphilis. Thank you, Jen.

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PulmCCM

OCTOBER 30, 2023

This made VAP hard to track, so CDC invented an odd new epidemiologic entity called “ ventilator-associated events ” (which do not require microbiology or chest film interpretation) as a proxy for actual VAPs. This trial was a triumph of international cooperation studying a low-cost drug at hundreds of sites.

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ACEP Now

APRIL 2, 2024

Francis Hospital and Medical Center, as well as an assistant professor at University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Quinnipiac University School of Medicine. Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Franco is an emergency medicine attending physician at St. Toxicology Rep. 2019;6:656-65. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1992;41(4):53-5.5.

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EB Medicine

APRIL 2, 2019

Nachi: All the more reason we need evidence based guidelines, which our team from South Carolina has nicely laid out after reviewing 107 references dating back to 1990, as well as guidelines from the CDC and the national guideline clearinghouse.

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Medical Law

JUNE 20, 2023

Bicycle Helmet Safety Standards According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 1000 Americans die, and over 130,000 are injured annually in bicycle crashes and falls. Helmet owners will find a sticker inside the helmet with “Merit” written on it, as well as the alphanumeric identifier GH230.

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