UPS will be expanding its healthcare services by adding two more warehouses in Louisville, Ky., that would house temperature-sensitive drugs and vaccines, according to a news report by The Desert Sun.
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Drug shortages are forcing hospitals in the Nashville area to rely on other hospitals for drugs they need to continue delivering safe and effective patient care, according to a news report by The Tennessean.
Providers and patients are protesting the $1,500 price tag on Makena, a drug that prevents babies from being born too early, according to a Nashua Telegraph report.
Internist Lawrence Eppelbaum, MD, of Roswell, Ga., has been indicted on charges healthcare fraud and tax fraud, according to a Department of Justice news release. Dr. Eppelbaum, owner and operator of the Atlanta Institute of Medicine and Rehabilitation and the…
With the latest settlement announced yesterday, Wisconsin has reached settlements totaling close to $13 million against dozens of pharmaceutical companies for allegedly defrauding its Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus programs, according to a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report. The lawsuit, filed in…
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Veterans Health Administration patients had approximately twice the rate of fatal accidental poisoning compared to adults in the general U.S. population for fiscal year 2005, according to a study published in Medical Care.
Study results suggest intravenous regional blocks with ketorolac and lidocaine, though useful in treatment of complex regional pain syndrome, produce only short-term pain relief in patients with CRPS of the lower extremity, according to a study published in the Clinical…
Patients treated for lumbar spinal stenosis with the mild decompression procedure reported sustained improvements in pain and mobility after one year and experienced no serious adverse events, according to a news release bout the American Academy of Pain Medicine.
(Connected to: Understanding and Controlling the Hazards of Surgical Smoke) Resources: AORN Surgical Smoke Tool Kit (available to AORN members) — http://www.aorn.org/PracticeResources/ToolKits/SurgicalSmokeEvacuationToolKit LINA-Making Things Clear about Surgical Smoke — http://www.lina-medical.com/files/34/penetration_brochure.pdf OSHA Hospital eTool Surgical Suite Module: Smoke Plume…
(Connected to: Understanding and Controlling the Hazards of Surgical Smoke) For surgical procedures that generate small amounts of plume: 1. 0.1 μm in-line filter will be positioned between the wall suction and the suction canister. 2. In-line filters…