More Cryotherapy Urged for Preventing Oral Mucositis
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Tampa, Fla.—Many palliative care clinicians have been using it for two decades. Several studies have confirmed its low cost, efficacy and safety. And current treatment guidelines from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network suggest that it should be on everyone’s short list of treatments.
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Surgicenters Often Flub Infection Control Protocols
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Most ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are prone to breakdowns in infection control practices that could put patients in jeopardy, government researchers have found.
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Making ADCs Part of the Medication Safety Solution
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
How closely are the makers of automated dispensing cabinets (ADCs) conforming to safe-use guidelines issued by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in 2008, and how well have hospitals adjusted their work processes around this technology to further improve patient safety and drug security?
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Successful Bedside Scanning Starts With Pharmacy
ISSUE: JULY, 2010
Atlanta—The key to successful bar-code scanning at the bedside begins in the pharmacy and can be achieved only with a meticulously managed bar-code medication use infrastructure, Robert L. Hammond, MS, said in a poster presentation at the unSUMMIT for Bedside Barcoding 2010 meeting.
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