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HHS Announces New Requirements for Bar Codes on Drugs and Blood to Reduce Risks of Medication Errors

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products. The measure will help ...More

February 25, 2004

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FDA Rule Requires Bar Codes on Drugs and Blood to Help Reduce Errors

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As part of a wide-ranging effort to improve patient safety, today the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finalized a rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products. The measure aims to protect patients from ...More

February 25, 2004

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New International Guidelines Support Early Goal Directed Therapy to Treat Sepsis

ORLANDO, Fla. -- An international coalition of critical care specialists has unveiled the first-ever global guidelines for the aggressive identification, management and treatment of sepsis, a widespread bloodstream infection that kills more than 1,400 people each day and ...More

February 25, 2004

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Leading Health and Labor Organizations Call For Improved Influenza Vaccination Rates Among Healthcare Workers

BETHESDA, Md. -- Today, the nation's immunization advisory committee received a call to action from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) for a comprehensive, concerted effort by healthcare institutions, employers, insurers and allied professional ...More

February 25, 2004

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Antibiotics May Not Be Necessary to Treat Children with Simple Skin Abscesses

DALLAS - Newswise-- Physicians may not need to prescribe antibiotics when treating a common skin infection in children, according to researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The findings, which appear in the February 2004 issue of The ...More

February 24, 2004

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APIC Appoints Kathy L. Warye as Executive Director

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) announced today the appointment of Kathy L. Warye as the organization's executive director. Warye has more than two decades of non-profit experience and has held key positions ...More

February 24, 2004

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BD.id Patient Identification System Reduces Specimen Collection Errors by 99.95 Percent at The Valley Hospital

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), a global medical technology company that is a leader in patient and healthcare worker safety-engineered devices and technologies, announced today that the BD.id Patient Identification System has reduced specimen ...More

February 24, 2004

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Laser Keyboard Fosters Sterile Healthcare Environment, Eliminates Hand Transfer of Bacteria Common With Traditional Keyboards

PHOENIX -- iBIZ Technology Corp. says that the healthcare industry should consider widespread use of virtual keyboards to create a more sterile environment. The company considers traditional keyboards as common festering places for bacteria to grow and then spread from ...More

February 24, 2004

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Generex Biotechnology's Subsidiary Enters into Collaboration to Develop SARS Vaccine

TORONTO -- Generex Biotechnology Corporation announces that it has entered into a collaboration with Dr. Bing Sun of the Chinese Academy of Science (IBC) in Shanghai to develop a SARS vaccine. Sun has done pioneering work isolating SARS genes which can be used in a DNA ...More

February 23, 2004

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JohnsonDiversey Launches Fight Against Avian Flu

RACINE, Wis. -- With avian flu advancing across Asia and appearing in the United States, JohnsonDiversey Inc. is partnering with its customers across the globe to launch an offensive against the spread of the virus. The effort includes offering products that are registered ...More

February 23, 2004

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