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		<title>APIC conference updates: Ambulatory care</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:35:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More updates from APICs "Healthcare-associated infections: A changing legal and regulatory landscape. This session might be of particular interest to the OSHA Healthcare Advisor audience since it focused specifically on HAI prevention in ambulatory surgery centers (ASC).]]></description>
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		<title>APIC conference updates: A legal perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Updates from APIC's conference, "Healthcare-associated infections: A changing legal and regulatory landscape." This post focuses on legal issues surrounding healthcare-associated infection. ]]></description>
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		<title>APIC conference updates: Pronovost&#8217;s opening remarks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:56:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are live blogging from APIC's November conference, Healthcare-associated infections: A changing legal and regulatory landscape," which is being broadcast via webcast. Peter Pronovost was the opening speaker and some his major points are detailed here. ]]></description>
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		<title>Infection Prevention Handbook offers IC guidance for new IPs</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/infection-prevention-handbook-offers-ic-guidance-for-new-ips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With CMS regulations that require ASCs to appoint a trained employee in charge of the infection control program, and even state regulators surveying non-accredited ASCs, "The Infection Prevention Handbook" might fit the bill for someone who needs quick, succinct, and efficient guidance. ]]></description>
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		<title>WHO releases updated H1N1 guidance; information on caring for TB patients</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/who-releases-information-on-caring-for-tb-patients-with-h1n1/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/who-releases-information-on-caring-for-tb-patients-with-h1n1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) released recommendations on caring for TB patients who may have contracted the H1N1 virus. A substantial number of H1N1 related deaths have occurred in patients with chronic respiratory illnesses, leaving TB patients particularly susceptible.]]></description>
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		<title>More money means more problems for ASCs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last few months ASCs around the country have come under fire for imperfect infection control policies and procedures. As a result, more money has been pumped into survey procedures, including $9 million from the federal government which will go to state regulators to survey non-accredited ASCs.]]></description>
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		<title>IC associations make a plea for modified H1N1 guidlines, moratorium on OSHA enforcement</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finalized CDC guidelines for respiratory protection against H1N1 haven't silenced the debate. SHEA, IDSA, and APIC have issued a letter to President Obama urging him to modify the guidelines and stop OSHA enforcement of N95s. Will this settle the argument once and for all?]]></description>
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		<title>Even athletes aren&#8217;t exempt from H1N1 prevention</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/even-athletes-arent-exempt-from-h1n1-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/even-athletes-arent-exempt-from-h1n1-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent World Series championship aside, anyone who is a New York Yankee fan has felt some degree of frustration toward third-baseman Alex Rodriguez. It used to be that baseball fans chastised the multi-millionaire for his lack of clutch hitting. Now the infection control crowd is piling on, critiquing his respiratory etiquette instead of his swing.]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio OKs surgical masks after N95 study retraction</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/ohio-oks-surgical-masks-after-n95-study-retraction/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/ohio-oks-surgical-masks-after-n95-study-retraction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Sweeney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least one state isn't hesitating to change respiratory protection requirements after authors of an influential Australian study retracted findings that N95 respirators provide more protection than surgical masks against H1N1. Ohio state officials have backed out on previous support of CDC requirements that recommend N95 respirators for healthcare workers treating patients with suspected H1N1.]]></description>
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		<title>Lab infections don&#8217;t always translate to sloppy practices</title>
		<link>http://blogs.hcpro.com/osha/2009/11/lab-infections-dont-always-translate-to-sloppy-practices/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Terry Jo Gile</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Typically a news story about a lab worker with a dangerous infection usually translates to OSHA violations. But that's not always the case. A BU medical lab seems to have taken all the proper precautions after realizing a grad student could have contracted meningitis. Terry Jo Gile, the Safety Lady blogs about what the lab did right.]]></description>
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