New Web Site Promotes Interoperable Newborn Screening Data

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Winter and early spring bring the greatest chance of developing a respiratory illness. These illnesses are easily spread by direct or indirect contact with an infected person’s secretions or thru respiratory droplets produced when a sick person coughs, sneezes, talks, laughs, etc. The germs produced can also live on surfaces such as tables, counters, toys, [...]

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From AHRQ…

Announcing a New Feature on AHRQ PSNet: Patient Safety Primers
AHRQ PSNet’s new Patient Safety Primers provide up-to-date summaries of key concepts in patient safety. Each Primer provides background on the topic’s epidemiology and context, and highlights relevant content from both AHRQ PSNet (i.e., the latest literature and essential [...]

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We had a longer spring then usual with bearable temperatures and a surprising lack of humidity – ah – it was so nice! But it is now officially summertime in St. Louis with the telltale signs… daily temperatures in the 90’s and higher and the kind of humidity that feels like a impenetrable wall. According [...]

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From the AACE (American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists) Patient Safety Exchange…
AACE Calls For New Standards for Safer Insulin Pump Use
2008-05-24 15:56:18
By: Richard Hellman, MD, FACP, FACE
JACKSONVILLE, FL – “The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists applauds the FDA’s efforts to protect the safety of children and adolescents who are using insulin pumps,” said Dr. Richard Hellman, [...]

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AHRQ (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality) has made the book Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses available for free. You can download PDF’s of each chapter or order your choice of three printed volumes or a searchable CD-ROM. A print copy is already on its way to the SLCH Medical Library.
To [...]

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Taken from the April Issue of the Joint Commission’s Newsletter

Joint Commission Alert: Prevent pediatric medication errors
Medications specifically made for adults and administered to children in health care facilities are putting young patients at greater risk for drug errors, according to a Joint Commission alert issued to improve pediatric safety. The Joint Commission’s latest Sentinel [...]

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