Clinical Intervention Eliminates Heel Ulcer Incidents in ICU
- Texas medical center reduces heel ulcers to zero, saves nearly $2 million CARY, Ill., March 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients that are sedated or immobilized are at a higher risk for the development of heel pressure ulcers and plantar flexion contractures, conditions that...International Study Finds Ways to Maximize Effective Responses After Terrorism Incidents
A multi-disciplinary panel of blast-related injury experts from eight countries that have recently experienced terrorist attacks examined// and discussed their emergency medical response to blast events and identified common issues that could be used by others to enhance preparedness. The represe...Hospitals Miss Most Patient Safety Incidents
Hospital reporting systems may significantly under-report patient safety incidents, particularly those resulting in harm, warns a study published on bmj.com today//. The authors suggest that the current system, which relies on voluntary reporting, may not be sufficient if the NHS is to gather ...Screening May Not Lessen Domestic Violence
... TUESDAY, Aug. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Screening for domestic violence in doctors' offices, clinics and hospitals does little to reduce subsequent incidents of violence, Canadian researchers have found. Their study of 6,743 women, ages 18 to 64, was conducted in 11 emergency departments, 12 family pract...Medicines Top Source of Kids' Poisonings
...diazepines, cough and cold medicines, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and antidepressants, Budnitz said. To help reduce the number of incidents of unintentional poisonings, especially in younger children, Budnitz believes drug manufacturers must create better child safety caps, including caps ...rL Solutions to Sponsor 2009 MITSS HOPE Award
...ns. "Both of our organizations are dedicated to patient safety: our solutions help healthcare workers prevent incidents, while MITSS helps people when incidents do happen. It's an honor to partner with such a like-minded organization." "We truly appreciate rL Solutions' sponsorship of this year's award," ref...Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease in Women Lowered by Mediterranean Diet
...ains, fish, moderate alcohol, and limited red meat, refined grains, and sweets. During the study's 20 years of follow-up, researchers found 2,391 incidents of coronary heart disease, 1,763 strokes and a combined total of 1,077 fatal heart attacks and strokes. Fung and her colleagues used data from 74...BN ImmunoTherapeutics Starts Clinical Trials With Prostate Cancer Vaccine
...ostate cancer tumor targets. Prostate cancer is, along with breast cancer, in the top three cancer market, each with more than 500,000 new diagnosed incidents globally per year and only limited treatment options. Reiner Laus, MD, President & CEO of BN ImmunoTherapeutics said: "The initiation of clinical st...Inclinix Announces New Patent for Expert System Platform
...novel medical questionnaires, and the platform has been used in homeland security applications. The design supports interviewing patients in terrorist incidents to see if they are victims of weapons of mass destruction. The ESP system initiates questions about multiple possible weapons exposure and then narrow...FreshFx Recognized for use in the Scalder as a Solution to the 'Yield/Pathogen Reduction Dilemma'
...ive, and also lead to less efficient picking and other problems. However, by introducing an acidic sanitizer like FreshFx into the scalder, Salmonella incidents are dramatically reduced, and the solution's low pH acts as a "picking aid," probably by disrupting connections between the feather and the follicle. ...Infant formula adulteration with melamine underscores need for better detection methods
...idence." Some have separated considerations of "quality" from those of "safety." However, at a time when public health is threatened by recurring incidents of deliberate or inadvertent food contamination, it is less plausible to do soand consumers see little distinction between the two. Both quality and s...Prairie dog research promotes caring, conservation
...colonies with other prairie dogs that are not related to them. "We hope to one day determine why they choose certain friends," Slobodchikoff says. incidents of bubonic plague, poisoning, shooting, landowners not wanting holes in their ground and land development have driven to the dogs to the brink of exti...Food counterfeiting, contamination outpace international regulatory systems
...contaminated food and terrorism via intentional contamination lies the counterfeiter, seeking not to harm but to hide the act for profit. The melamine incidents are such examples. As an industrial chemical that mimics protein content in tests was added to milk and subsequently created kidney problems for child...NAU research ties tree mortality trends to climate warming
...he trees are dying increasingly fast," Ful said. To determine when trees died as a result of climate change, scientists documented climate-related incidents that caused trees to die, such as bark beetle attacks or forest fires. Ful worked with NAU researchers to provide tree measurements from more than ...BIO-key(R) Awarded PocketCop(R) Contracts From Major Law Enforcement Agencies
...ing up dispatchers or radios. PocketCop provided officers with direct access to federal and state databases for information on individuals involved in incidents including: obtaining driver's license photo to verify identity; and immediate access to any outstanding arrest warrants. PocketCop's silent, text-ba...News from the November 2008 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...year study of 14,153 African-American and white adults 45-64 years old from four U.S. communities investigated the relationships between heart failure incidents (death or hospitalization) and intake of seven food categories (whole grains, fruits/vegetables, fish, nuts, high-fat dairy, egg and red meat). During...New method identifies meth hot spots
...identified five counties with the most meth-linked incidents per capita, such as deaths, poisonings and places ...ncorporates information about when and where these incidents occurred, giving us a bigger picture of what's goi...udy gathered countywide data on 2,570 meth-related incidents documented by the Oregon Poison Control Center, th...Regional Law Enforcement Data Exchange System Expands
... Each of the police departments maintains its own records management system (RMS), which tracks and stores data on individuals arrested or involved in incidents in the community, including information not available in federal or state databases. "We all know that criminal behavior doesn't stop at the town or...ID Analytics Study Reveals Employees' Criminal Misuse of Stolen Identities
...workplace. The research examined more than a dozen incidents of internal data theft involving more than five mi...education, and commercial sectors. Of these, eight incidents ultimately led to more than 1,300 cases of attempt... -- The identities associated with these internal incidents were up to 24 times more likely be misused than th...Emergency response and nanotechnology
... presenters will share lessons learned during past incidents involving emergency evacuations, including some in...iled case studies were prepared for a subset of 50 incidents that were selected based on a profiling and ranking scheme designed to identify evacuation incidents of sufficient complexity to challenge the local an...YM BIOSCIENCES' SUBSIDIARY RESOLVES PROPOSED ARBITRATION WITH ONCOSCIENCE AG
...its approval for marketing in 18 countries. In more than 4000 patients reported as having been treated with nimotuzumab worldwide to date, no Grade IV incidents of radiation dermatitis have been described, severe rash has not been observed and reports of the other severe side-effects that are typical of EGFR-t...YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS THIRD QUARTER 2009 OPERATIONAL AND FINANCIAL RESULTS
...l for marketing in more than 12 countries. In more than 3,500 patients reported as having been treated with nimotuzumab worldwide to date, no Grade IV incidents of radiation dermatitis have been described, severe rash has not been observed and reports of the other severe side-effects that are typical of EGFR-t...Bionovo Announces Publication of Positive Phase 2 Trial Results for Menerba(TM)
...n placebo; p=0.03). Safety analyses showed no cases of endometrial hyperplasia or uterine cancer during the trial. There were no differences in incidents of vaginal bleeding between the placebo group and the two treatment groups of Menerba. Likewise, there was no increase in blood estradiol levels. This...Free Webinars in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
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