News tagged with hospital staff

Hospitals reach limits in E.coli crisis

(AP) -- Blood specialist Dr. Cay-Uwe von Seydewitz has been making his rounds 16 to 18 hours a day, seven days a week, since the outbreak of a deadly bacterial epidemic.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Gaps in health care limit options for older adults, expert says

There are 50 million family members providing care to older adults in the United States, according to the MetLife Foundation and national caregiving associations. When older adults are hospitalized and discharged, their families ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Crush breaks out at Indonesian BlackBerry event

An offer of discounted BlackBerry smart phones turned into a frenzy Friday when thousands of Indonesians stormed the outlet, causing a crush in which at least three people were injured and some fainted.

Technology / Other

created Nov 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Experts call for greater pain assessment in hospitals as 65 percent of patients report problems

Nearly two-thirds of the hospital in-patients who took part in a survey had experienced pain in the last 24 hours and 42% of those rated their pain as more than seven out of ten, where ten was the worst pain imaginable, according ...

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created Feb 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Culture change to encourage whistleblowing needed, says expert

Greater statutory protection, support from regulatory bodies and, above all, a culture change to encourage whistleblowing are required to protect patients and clinicians, according to an editorial published on bmj.com today.

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created May 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New study finds hospital practices strongly impact breastfeeding rates

Hospital practices, such as supplementing newborns with formula or water or giving them pacifiers, significantly reduce the chances that mothers who intend to exclusively breastfeed will achieve that intention, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Palliative care skills training needed for health-care staff in sub-Saharan Africa

A new study, led by Lucy Selman and colleagues from King's College London, has found that patients with incurable, progressive diseases and their family carers in sub-Saharan Africa often do not receive enough information ...

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0