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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology updated its evidence-based guidance for health care professionals to support safe injection, infusion, medication vial and point-of-care testing practices in health care settings.
The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response released a bulletin on workplace violence in health care containing recommendations for strengthening security protocols, enhancing emergency preparedness, supporting workforce mental health and promoting information sharing.
Most infants were immunized against respiratory syncytial virus via a maternal vaccine or a monoclonal antibody for infants during the first season vaccines were available, according to an analysis published in Pediatrics.
A machine learning tool can help identify women at high risk for postpartum depression before they leave the hospital, research published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found.
AONL member Erica DeBoer, MA, RN, says virtual nurses reduce escalation of patient behaviors by providing another set of eyes to address patient needs more quickly.
Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia developed a real-time staffing variance analysis tool to assist nurse managers with making staffing decisions to better align resources with patient needs.
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta successfully cultivated the development of sustainable doctorate of nursing practice projects that improved patient, clinical or system outcomes by assigning DNP student employees to DNP nurse scientist mentors.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended its recommendation that healthy children and pregnant women routinely receive COVID-19 shots.
Senate Republicans plan to rewrite the narrowly passed House budget bill. Sens. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., Susan Collins, R-Maine, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Jerry Moran, R-Kan., are threatening to oppose Medicaid changes resulting in cuts to benefits.
The American Hospital Association will recognize the ninth annual #HAVhope Friday on June 6.