A recently discovered combination therapy worked so well against C. difficile that a team of researchers is preparing to test it in a clinical trial, according to a news release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on C.…
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The American Society of Plastic Surgeons has partnered with Provista, a supply chain improvement company, to launch a new program aimed at aesthetic and reconstructive surgery-focused providers, according to a Provista news release.
Two Chicago-area physicians have filed lawsuits against the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, arguing a recent law that strips convicted physicians of their medical licenses has been unfairly retroactively applied to them, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
Last year, Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas sent letters to two separate groups of women, warning them of possible contact with dirty instruments, according to a Houston Chronicle report.
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The New York Department of Health has told Peninsula Hospital, based in Far Rockaway, N.Y, to stop accepting new patients and divert ambulances due to patient safety concerns, according to numerous reports, including a New York Daily News report.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed numerous free, downloadable posters which provide information on seasonal flu and flu prevention.
The Joint Commission has issued a new Sentinel Event Alert (pdf) urging organizations to take action to reduce repeated doses of radiation to patients from diagnostic radiation tests.
The cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin may reduce spinal cord injury caused by oxygen deprivation associated with surgery, according to a study published in the Sept. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has appointed Oklahoma City anesthesiologist J. William Kisinger, MD, to the state medical board, according to a News OK report.