News articles tagged with 'safety'
Computerised systems reduce psychiatric drug errors
— 21 Mar 2011 15:57 | HealthCoupling an electronic prescription drug ordering system with a computerised method for reporting adverse events can dramatically reduce the number of medication errors in a hospital's…
Rituximab combined with a TNF inhibitor and methotrexate shows no safety signal in RA treatment
— 9 Mar 2011 18:02 | HealthA recent trial of rituximab in combination with a tumour necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor and methotrexate (MTX) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) found the safety profile…
Climate change affecting food safety
— 21 Feb 2011 17:51 | EnvironmentClimate change is already having an effect on the safety of the world's food supplies and unless action is taken it's only going to get worse, a Michigan State University professor…
Checklist cuts lethal ventilator-associated lung infections
— 18 Feb 2011 18:05 | HealthCases of ventilator-associated pneumonia - the most lethal and among the most common of all hospital-associated infections - dropped by more than 70 percent in Michigan hospitals where…
Safety checklist use yields 10 percent drop in hospital deaths
— 2 Feb 2011 17:13 | HealthA Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths…
Safety checklist use yields 10 percent drop in hospital deaths
— 1 Feb 2011 21:41 | HealthA Johns Hopkins-led safety checklist program that virtually eliminated bloodstream infections in hospital intensive-care units throughout Michigan appears to have also reduced deaths…
Opioid use associated with increased risk of adverse events among older adults
— 14 Dec 2010 20:30 | HealthOpioids appear to be associated with more adverse events among older adults with arthritis than other commonly used analgesics, including coxibs and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories,…
Water well tests show more towns with elevated arsenic in Maine
— 9 Dec 2010 16:36 | EnvironmentThe report 'Assessment of Arsenic Concentrations in Domestic Well Water, by Town, in Maine, 2005-09' and maps are posted online…
Expert panel addresses safety in medical imaging
— 3 Dec 2010 18:08 | HealthAn expert panel convened today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionising radiation from imaging…
Expert panel addresses safety in medical imaging
— 2 Dec 2010 20:28 | HealthAn expert panel convened today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to discuss medical imaging appropriateness, ionising radiation from imaging…