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Safety Checklist Use Yields 10 Percent Drop In Hospital Deaths (MediLexicon)
Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Public Health Blood / Hematology A Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths by 10 percent, a new study suggests.

Call over 'patient neglect' staff (Hemel Online)
NHS staff who neglect patients should be prosecuted in light of scandals such as Mid Staffordshire, experts have said.

Visiting Nurses Brave Snows To Care For Shut-Ins (The Hartford Courant)
Liz Brown, a visiting nurse who has been making the rounds to see her mostly elderly clients in the North End of Hartford during this record-breaking winter of snow, has a new routine.

Most doctors disagree with reforms (Salisbury Journal)
More than half of doctors disagree with the Government's controversial reforms of the NHS and many do not believe they will improve patient care, according to a poll.

Survey: Community colleges not producing enough health workers (Contra Costa Times)
Canada College student Brian Lee was learning to take the perfect picture Friday.

Elderly add to NHS costs as they miss out on council care (Telegraph.co.uk)
Local authorities are increasingly restricting support to pensioners with the most critical needs, leaving the rest to pay for their own help or do without.

17:17 Student midwives threaten action (The Sligo Champion)
Liam Doran accused the Department of Health of imposing slave labour on 1,600 fourth year pre-registration nurses and midwives Student nurses and midwives have threatened a campaign of industrial action over Government plans to cut their pay.

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Elsevier and Idbs Announce Interoperability Between Idbs E-WorkBook Suite and Reaxys (Customer Interaction Solutions)

The partnership creates a new mechanism that integrates best-in-class chemistry content from journals and patents with documented proprietary scientific results.

Snow sculptures cheer Newton hospital patients (New Jersey Herald)

This snow bear constructed by Linda Hickey and Kathe Hulle, resembles a gift a Newton Memorial Hospital patient gave to his wife for Valentine's day before she died two years ago.

Cover Story: Call Them Indispensable (Memphis)

We know how valuable doctors are. Each year, in our Top Docs issue, we provide the results of a national survey recognizing the best physicians in various fields.

Live Online Chats Answer Questions about Vascular Disease (Newswise)

The Vascular Disease Foundation's is proud to offer live online chats with a medical professional for its patients.

Nurses at Backus looking to unionize (TheDay.Com - Region News)

Registered nurses at Backus Hospital in Norwich are seeking to form a local affiliate of AFT Connecticut, the same union that represents RNs, LPNs and other staff at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in...

UPMC employees risk steep penalties for violating guidelines (Valley News Dispatch)

Administrators at UPMC Presbyterian are threatening to fine doctors $1,000 and send workers home if they don't wash their hands or follow other infection control guidelines after an outbreak of hard-to-treat bacteria in the Oakland hospital.

Safe shoveling: Overexertion a problem for those with health issues (Asbury Park Press Online)

News of a coming snow storm can chill the hearts of many shovel-hating people. For 67-year-old Curtis Shaffer of Brick, who has congestive heart failure, each inch of snow could prove fatal.

Magnetic Care (MyCentralJersey)

The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Saint Peter's University Hospital have won many honors over the years, including plaudits for top doctors, state-of-the-art equipment and unique programs.

St. John sells two Detroit facilities (The Detroit News)

St. John Providence Health System said Monday that it has sold the former Riverview Hospital and its St.

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