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The Institute for Healthcare Improvement and CDC have launched a pilot program designed to avoid overuse and misuse of antibiotics in hospitals.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is launching an antibiotic tracking system that will allow hospitals to monitor antibiotic use electronically, make better decisions on how to improve use and compare themselves to other hospitals.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices provides a free, downloadable poster organizations can use to remind staff members of the importance of eliminating error-prone abbreviations.
The FDA, CDC and Department of Veterans Affairs provide the following six general recommendations to prevent cross-contamination in endoscope processing.
Anesthesiologist Jimmy Rawls, MD, recently collected a $5,000 prize from the Charleston (S.C.) Metro Chamber of Commerce for his design for a new intravenous catheter, according to a Charleston Business report.
ECRI Institute provides a free, downloadable poster to help organizations improve monitor alarm safety.
Short-term elective angioplasty and stenting is similarly safe at experienced surgical centers, whether or not they have onsite cardiac surgery backup, according to a MedPage Today report.
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The New Jersey Senate Democrats have announced their leadership team for the 2012-13 legislative session, with Sen. Joe Vitale (D-Woodbridge) Vitale to chair the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, according to a PolitickerNJ.com report.