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09/02/2008

Normeditec: A new system fights hospital infections

To fight hospital infections and increasingly resistant bacteria Normeditec has developed Toul Mobile Laminar Airflow …

09/01/2008

Efficient processes in the Finnish hospital HUS

The Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa (HUS) is the biggest of 20 hospital districts in Finland. It provides specialised and university level health care services in and …

09/01/2008

Muslims and healthcare in the United Kingdom

Britain is a primarily Christian country. It is also home to people with various religious beliefs who have migrated here from many parts of the world, or are British born. In a …

09/01/2008

Software aids medication dosing decisions

The drug information system AiDKlinik developed by Dosing GmbH is a software solution for the server-based intranet for medication dosing. …

09/01/2008

EHFG

The programme for this year's European Health Forum Gastein (EHFG) - its 10th gathering - covers a far broader range of topics than before. During over 20 plenary sessions, forums …

09/01/2008

Germany's Muslim patients

A new Turkish patient is admitted. What would almost any nurse think? "The whole family will always be there", says health economist Fatemeh Pohl-Shirazi. "In Muslim cultures …

09/01/2008

The needs of migrant patients

In hospitals all over the world people of very diverse cultural backgrounds come together, whether as employees in various roles, or as patients. This means that hospital teams …

09/01/2008

£50,000 fine proposed for breach of hygiene code

Although outbreaks of nosocomial infections, e.g. Clostridium difficile and MRSA, have dropped by almost a third since last year, and many hygiene measures have been initiated and …

08/14/2008

British medical research centres go into partnership

From September onwards, Europe's largest academic health science partnership will start its programm in London, UK. Their focus will lay on preventing and treating major diseases …

07/30/2008

Your senior doctor is watching you

Hiding behind a doctor's licence obtained years ago will no longer be tolerated in England. Senior doctors are asked to function as "responsible officers" who collect information …

07/16/2008

The 7th Villacher Hygienetag

Experts from almost a dozen European countries - including for the first time Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia and Croatia - will meet at the Villacher Hygienetag (Hospital Hygiene …

07/01/2008

Re-inventing the hospital

Medical services About 90% of hospital income is generated in the 35 weekly working hours of regular day shifts. However, due to new work time regulations fewer and fewer …

07/01/2008

Britain: The big bug buster

The UK's MRSA rates have been declining since 2006 — and this year could be 50% lower than in 2004. This increasing control over dangerous pathogens has not been achieved …

07/01/2008

Planning pathways to a peaceful end

People here have reached the end of their lives. …

07/01/2008

WMA gains funding to support TB training course

Pharma company Eli Lilly has increased an existing partnership with the World Medical Association (WMA) by granting c. 646,505 euros to expand online training courses for …

07/01/2008

The Thermologger

The remote monitoring of the operating status of automatic bedpan washers has become possible with the launch of the Thermologger, made by Meiko. …

07/01/2008

Nursing documentation meets legal requirements

Since 1988, all general hospitals are legally required to collect quarterly data for a Nursing Minimum Data Set (NMDS). The NMDS was revised from 23 to 78 items in 1997. …

07/01/2008

ESGE-ESGENA

Endoscopic procedures, which are well established in the diagnosis and therapy of gastrointestinal diseases, not only carry procedural risks but also the risk of endoscopy …

07/01/2008

Diabetes management

During the 2nd European Workshop on Diabetes, hosted by Bayer HealthCare Diabetes Care, experts called for uncompromising management of diabetes. …

07/01/2008

Nosocomial infections in the USA

As nosocomial, or healthcare-related infections (HAIs), continue to escalate in the US, and protocols to manage this problem remain complex and confusing, surveillance healthcare …

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