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H1N1 Flu Virus: Government Of Canada Provides Travel Guidance
The Government of Canada today provided important guidance on how to reduce the spread of the H1N1 flu virus on planes, trains, ferries and inter-city buses. “Canadians want to know how the H1N1 flu virus affects their regular travel ” said Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq.
Flu Vaccine Guidance For Patients With Immune Deficiency
While vaccinations for both the seasonal flu and H1N1 are among the best prevention tools available to prevent complications from the flu, should patients with immune deficiency be given the vaccines? In general, there are two different types of vaccines. These are usually referred to as live or killed vaccines. Live vaccines contain live bacteria or a virus that has been modified.
Anaesthetists Receive New Guidance On Managing Potentially Fatal Anaphylactic Reactions During Surgery
Anaesthetists in the UK and Ireland have been issued with new guidelines on how to prevent and handle emergencies involving the small, but growing, number of people who have a severe and potentially fatal allergic reaction during anaesthesia.
New Medicare Nursing Home Guidance To Include Quality Of Life And Environment Requirements
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued new guidance for nursing home surveyors, further defining and clarifying several important dimensions of care to help improve nursing home residents’ quality of life and environment.
Anaesthetists Receive New Guidance To Help Resolve Dilemmas Posed By Do Not Attempt Resuscitation Orders
The body that represents anaesthetists in the UK and the Republic of Ireland has issued new guidelines to help their members through the ethical and clinical maze of how to treat terminally ill patients with Do Not Attempt Resuscitation (DNAR) orders when they need an operation.
HHS Will Release Guidance On ‘Meaningful Use’ Of Health Information Technology This Summer, Blumenthal Says
HHS soon will issue guidance and specifications on the definition of “meaningful use” of health information technology, National Coordinator for Health IT David Blumenthal said on Friday, CongressDaily reports (Noyes, CongressDaily, 5/8).
New Guidance On Making Work Less Of A Pain In The Back – Findings Disclosed At Public Event On Tuesday May 5 At 5.30pm, University Of Leicester
New guidance for employers, patients and doctors on helping people with back pain return to work will be announced on Tuesday May 5 at the University of Leicester. It is estimated that it costs society in excess of £12 billion a year with people taking time off work because of back pain. Around 80% of these costs, were not associated with healthcare but due to lost work production and associated wage replacement benefits.
New Guidance On Making Work Less Of A Pain In The Back
New guidance for employers, patients and doctors on helping people with back pain return to work will be announced on Tuesday May 5 at the University of Leicester. It is estimated that it costs society in excess of £12 billion a year with people taking time off work because of back pain. Around 80% of these costs, were not associated with healthcare but due to lost work production and associated wage replacement benefits.
CMS Issues Guidance For Medicare Advantage And Prescription Drug Plans For 2010
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced steps it is taking to provide beneficiaries with more meaningful choices among Medicare Advantage and Medicare prescription drug plans. In addition, CMS will continue to build on its ongoing oversight efforts relating to Medicare health and drug plans.
GMC Produces Pandemic Guidance For Doctors, UK
Doctors may work outside their normal field of practice in the event of a pandemic according to new guidance produced by the GMC yesterday, 2 March 2009. The guidance, Pandemic Influenza: Good Medical Practice – Responsibilities of doctors in a national pandemic provides the basis for doctors’ work should a national pandemic crisis occur.
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