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	<title>Hospital Infection Control &#187; vials</title>
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		<title>Living on Tulsa time: In light of dental debacle tell patients about best practices for infection control (and use them!)</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2013/04/24/living-on-tulsa-time-in-light-of-dental-debacle-tell-patients-about-best-practices-for-infection-control-and-use-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:02:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In light of the Tulsa dental debacle and ensuing patient questions and concerns, Noel Brandon Kelsch, RDHAP, of Moor Park CA, a registered dental hygienist in alternative practice and past president of the California Dental Hygienists’ Association, recommends the following...]]></description>
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		<title>GAO says CMS needle safety inspections must continue</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/08/08/gao-says-cms-needle-safety-inspections-must-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/08/08/gao-says-cms-needle-safety-inspections-must-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 11:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=1132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Citing the risk of continuing hepatitis outbreaks, the U.S. Government  Accountability Office (GAO) recommends that the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) resume inspections of injection safety in ambulatory care centers. Formed in the wake of recurrent outbreaks due...]]></description>
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		<title>Vile practices with vials: Invasive MRSA infections ‘completely preventable’</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/07/18/vile-practices-with-vials-invasive-mrsa-infections-completely-preventable/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Outbreaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patient safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona health department]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=1089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In what is getting to be a familiar, tragic refrain, the improper use of single-dose vials has resulted in pain clinic patients in Arizona and Delaware acquiring serious bacterial infections that were “completely preventable,&#8221;  the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. &#8220;Ultimately, ten...]]></description>
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		<title>The answer to all your questions about single-dose vials is&#8230;NO</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/07/03/the-answer-to-all-your-questions-about-single-dose-vials-is-no/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/07/03/the-answer-to-all-your-questions-about-single-dose-vials-is-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2012 12:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Compounding Sterile Preparations]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=1051</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are unsure about any question dealing with a single-dose vial of medication beyond  its strictly defined use, please assume the answer is ….No. A single-dose or single-use vial is a vial of liquid medication intended for parenteral administration...]]></description>
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		<title>Infected HCW may have spread hepatitis to patients</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/06/18/infected-hcw-may-have-spread-hepatitis-to-patients/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/06/18/infected-hcw-may-have-spread-hepatitis-to-patients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jun 2012 13:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Outbreaks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Exeter Hospital]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; In a painfully familiar scenario, 20 patients have tested positive for the same strain of hepatitis C virus in what appears to be a case of blatant disregard for infection control with needles, syringes and vials by a drug-addicted...]]></description>
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		<title>The needle and the damage done: Ignorance trumps greed as hepatitis outbreaks continue</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/06/12/the-needle-and-damage-done-ignorance-trumps-greed-as-hepatitis-outbreaks-continue/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/06/12/the-needle-and-damage-done-ignorance-trumps-greed-as-hepatitis-outbreaks-continue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 12:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hepatitis]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=1000</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once thought of as shocking outliers, hepatitis outbreaks in ambulatory care settings related to failure of basic needle safety have become the numbing new normal. A recurrent theme in the outbreaks has been patient-to-patient transmission due to failure of health...]]></description>
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		<title>Will CMS survey be a tool to enforce OSHA regs?</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/05/21/will-cms-survey-be-a-tool-to-enforce-osha-regs/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/05/21/will-cms-survey-be-a-tool-to-enforce-osha-regs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 02:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OSHA]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Buchta]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=956</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the lines blur between patient safety and worker safety, hospital employee health professionals can expect much more scrutiny, even from regulators who are typically centered on patient care. A new, draft survey tool from the Center for Medicare and...]]></description>
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		<title>CDC reemphasizes single-use vials means one patient only</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/05/07/cdc-reemphasizes-single-use-vials-means-one-patient-only/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/05/07/cdc-reemphasizes-single-use-vials-means-one-patient-only/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 11:59:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[patient safety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Drug shortages and lean economic times may tempt some to scavenge that remnants of doses left in a “single dose” vials. After a staggering series of hepatitis outbreaks over the last decade, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...]]></description>
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		<title>Vandy breaks flu-shot world record, wildly sings “The Guinness is in us!”</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/01/31/vandy-breaks-flu-shot-world-record-wildly-sings-%e2%80%9cthe-guinness-is-in-us%e2%80%9d/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2012/01/31/vandy-breaks-flu-shot-world-record-wildly-sings-%e2%80%9cthe-guinness-is-in-us%e2%80%9d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Influenza]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[endoscopy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flu shots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kaiser Permanente]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Las Vegas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rolf Bucholz]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=664</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, perhaps that’s a bit overstated, but how often do you accomplish a feat worthy of recognition of the Guinness Book of World Records? There is only one Rolf Bucholz, for example, the world&#8217;s most pierced man, who sports 453...]]></description>
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		<title>HCV outbreak jury’s $162.5 million verdict: The death of common sense</title>
		<link>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2011/10/12/hcv-outbreak-jury%e2%80%99s-162-5-million-verdict-the-death-of-common-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://hicprevent.blogs.ahcmedia.com/2011/10/12/hcv-outbreak-jury%e2%80%99s-162-5-million-verdict-the-death-of-common-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Evans</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Compliance Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://hicprevent.blogs.thompson.com/?p=480</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ The infamous 2008 hepatitis C virus (HCV) outbreak in a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic was caused primarily by health care workers using blatantly unsafe needle practices that included the reuse of single-dose vials on multiple patients, according to an investigation...]]></description>
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