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Ensuring Safety and Comfort: 3M N95 Fit Test Training for Healthcare Providers 

American Medical Compliance

The year 2024 marks another significant chapter in the healthcare industry’s ongoing battle against infectious diseases, and the numbers speak volumes. The CDC’s FluSurv-NET system, a sentinel network of healthcare facilities, documented over 104,000 flu-related hospitalizations across 13 states during past flu seasons.

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Maryland Infection Control Training for Dental Healthcare Professionals

American Medical Compliance

The Maryland Infection Control Training for Dental Healthcare Providers aims to fully educate dental healthcare providers (DHCP) on how to protect themselves and others and mitigate community transmission of infectious diseases. Why Is Infection Control Important?

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Reopening After A Hurricane: Steps for Healthcare Facilities to Ensure Safety and Compliance

Total Medical ComplianceHIPAA

Clean and disinfect surfaces with an EPA registered hospital level disinfectant. Is PPE (personal protective equipment) readily available and appropriate for any existing job hazards? OSHA would expect adequate restrooms for employees. Supplies and equipment need to be inspected for any water damage. Remember- Safety First for all!

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Having problems with your PAPR-work? (When an N95 mask simply won’t do … )

Advanced Emergency Nursing from AENJ

Ordinary hospital practice would be for admission orders to specify Isolation Cart, to ensure that the ward would have one delivered and restocked daily until no longer needed. This is a different issue, but you may wish to explore your expected duties and what PPE equipment will be provided you from the disaster supplies.

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Whoop! There It Is: A Pertinent Pediatric Pertussis Podcast

PEMBlog

Greater than 50 percent of kids under 12 months of age with pertussis could require hospitalization. Infants with apnea, cyanosis, or feeding difficulties should obviously be admitted to the hospital. As a clinician, Just ask yourself, did you wear appropriate PPE, mask and goggles? So management starts with supportive care.

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Episode 23 - Influenza Diagnosis and Management in the Emergency Department

EB Medicine

Jeff: The information contained in this article comes from articles found on pubmed, the cochrane database, center for disease control, and the world health organization. Additionally, guidelines were reviewed from the american college of emergency physicians, infectious disease society of america, and the american academy of pediatrics.

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ED care of refugee populations from sub-Saharan Africa

EMDocs

Based on available hospital resources, the patient is treated for septic shock secondary to pneumonia and an infected wound using broad-spectrum antibiotics and IV crystalloid fluids. times per month and that 80-120 refugees are screened daily for infectious diseases in the triage and emergency units. 12 Table 1.