Nursing - News June 28, 2013

Pennsylvania hospitals' ban on hiring smokers prompts debate (Reuters)
With just days to go before two of the city's most prestigious hospitals refuse to hire smokers, the ban has relit a debate about the wisdom of regulating workers' behavior away from the workplace.

Amedisys Faces U.S. Medicare Pay Cut for In-Home Health Care (The Washington Post)
Amedisys Inc., Gentiva Health Services Inc. and other in-home health-care providers tumbled in early trading after the U.S. Medicare program announced plans to cut payments to the companies by 1.5 percent on average in 2014.

Management of Korle Bu meets agitating staff (GhanaWeb)
Authorities at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital say they are hopping various nurses groups at the hospital who have threatened to lay down their tools next week will consider an appeal by the board.

Hospitals seek high-tech help for hand hygiene (Log Cabin Democrat)
Hospitals have fretted for years over how to make sure doctors, nurses and staff keep their hands clean, but with only limited success.

Courtney Giddens, Ottice Amison engaged (The Times)
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny C. Giddens, of Fitzgerald, Ga., announce the engagement of their daughter, Courtney Elizabeth, to Mr. Ottice Dewey Amison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Amison, of Apalachicola.

How antibacterial bars of soap may harm nursing babies (Examiner)
A mother's prolonged use of antibacterial soaps containing the chemical triclocarban may harm nursing babies, according to a recent study from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

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