Medical Equipment & Supplies
Contaminated, Dangerous, and Unacceptable: The Impact of Contaminated X-Ray Aprons and the Risk of Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs) Infection Prevention checklists today include many new …
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Handwashing with soap could prevent about 1 out of every 3 episodes of diarrheal illnesses and almost 1 out of 6 episodes of respiratory infection like pneumonia. Handwashing is a simple and …
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Identifying Important Risks Associated with FGI In 1994 the FDA released an advisory [www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/Safety/AlertsandNotices/PublicHealthNotifications/ucm063084.htm] warning of the …
Every department performing fluoroscopically-guided procedures should take a few basic steps to ensure patient safety. These steps are outlined in this article from FluoroSafety and Universal …
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Avoiding Serious Reportable Events ("Never Events") In The OR https://youtu.be/sTz9Cgw_-nQ Retained Surgical Items (RSI) are included in the National Quality Forum's list of Serious Reportable …
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If you read our previous blog post on ALARA, you learned that the ALARA standard used worldwide for managing dose to radiation workers actually stems from the Linear-No-Threshold (LNT) dose-response …
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