End-of-life issues among topics at nurses’ annual gatheringThey care for the sickest patients, who sometimes die on their watch. When they do, critical care nurses want to make their final days and death as peaceful and painless as possible Follow those joints! Green burial Handwash beepers A fancy pedometer that keeps track of hand hygiene is how an American physician describes his invention aimed at preventing hospital infections. Handwashing timers ONE KEY TO effective handwashing is to do it for long enough, with recommendations on the adequate duration ranging from 15 to 30 seconds. Haute hospital wear Max-packing appointments Medical tattoos Patients are increasingly turning to tattoos instead of MedicAlert-type bracelets and pendants to alert emergency providers to their medical conditions. No more annoying pricks? NS announces plan to control drug costs Health Minister will immediately begin gathering input from stakeholders, including pharmacists, into what can be done. Plasma hand sanitizers ‘Talking’ to vegetative state patients First Previous 1750 1751 1752 1753 1754 Next Last
