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The American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services (ASHES), of the American Hospital Association, presented the Phoenix Award, ASHES' highest honor, to Brett Higgins, CHESP. Also presented was the Lifetime Achievement Award to Graham Emery, president and owner of West Sanitation Aerowest.
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First U.S. H1N1 vaccines will be nasal spray: CDC
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The first roll-out of vaccines against the new swine flu virus will be 3.4 million doses of MedImmune's needle-free nose spray, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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A hospital hand-washing project to save lives and money
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While President Obama deals with the big picture, the chief hospital accrediting agency is turning its attention to what should be the most mundane of details: persuading health care workers to wash their hands.
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Delaware hospitals adopt wristband color standard
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Delaware hospitals have adopted a voluntary standard for the color-coded wristbands used to convey critical patient information to health care workers. Red wristbands will be used for patient allergies, yellow for fall risk and purple for patients' do-not-resuscitate preferences.
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Keeping antibiotic makers one step ahead of germs
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Rice University biochemists are developing a system of "evolutionary forecasting" to better understand the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance.
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AHA urges changes to H1N1 infection control guidance
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The AHA urged the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to revise its hospital infection control guidelines for H1N1 flu to reflect the most recent data on how the virus is transmitted and the limited supply of N-95 respirators.
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OSHA issues final rule updating PPE standards
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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in the Sept. 9 Federal Register a final rule revising the personal protective equipment (PPE) sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring and marine terminals standards regarding requirements for eye- and face-protective devices, as well as head and foot protection.
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Poll shows most Americans lacking direction from their employers for the H1N1 flu season
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Most workers have not had any direction from their employers about the upcoming flu season, according to a national survey released by Mansfield Communications Inc.
In the survey of a national representative sample, 69 percent of respondents say they have received no communication about policies in the workplace pertaining to H1N1 -- not even information related to handwashing or sick leave.
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