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International Workshop Assesses Revisions Aimed At The Purity, Quality Of Blood Thinner
Continuing to help ensure the identity, purity and quality of heparin, the U.S. Pharmacopeial (USP) Convention has revised written and physical standards for the widely used blood thinner. In February, USP released updated heparin standards at the request of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in response to the 2008 public health crisis in which more than 200 people died as a result of heparin adulterated for economic gain. A second phase of revisions is reflected in the newly posted standards. These developments and new information about heparin were discussed by scientists and regulators at the third International Heparin Workshop held at USP headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, July 27.
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APhA Submits Recommendations For The Term "Meaningful Use" In TheDevelopment Of Policy Related To Electronic Health Records
The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) submitted comments to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology"s (ONC) request for feedback on determining criteria for the term "meaningful use" of electronic records (EHRs), prepared by ONC"s HIT Policy Committee.
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Tenet Nurses, Healthcare Workers Take Action To Protest Sick Leave Cuts, California And Florida

Registered nurses and hospital workers who provide care at hospitals owned by Tenet Healthcare Corporation organized an unprecedented national protest against attempts to cut their access to sick leave. Tenet healthcare workers who belong to both the National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association (NNOC/CNA) and Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Healthcare leafleted at nine hospitals in Florida and California. The caregivers called on Tenet management to reverse its decision to restrict or eliminate access to employees" extended sick leave. "Every day, we are on the frontlines for responding to health threats like the H1N1 virus. It"s basic common sense that nurses and other caregivers should not go to work if we"re sick ourselves. But these cuts will make it harder for us to take care of ourselves. It"s not too late for Tenet to rethink and redo this by restoring our extended sick leave," said Sherri Stoddard, an RN at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center in San Luis Obispo, California and a member of NNOC/CNA. "It was shocking that Tenet didn"t even consult with us before making this decision. Every day we work together as a team to provide high-quality care to every patient we admit. But with a decision like this-one that hurts how we work as a team of caregivers-we got no input," said Besty Marville, an RN in the Trauma/ICU unit at St. Mary"s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida and a member of SEIU Healthcare Florida. Previously, Tenet employees could earn leave for up to 30 days to be deposited into an "Extended Illness Bank" to tap into in the event that they were ill for more than one week. Tenet unilaterally took away current caregivers" ability to build up new hours in their banks and eliminated the bank for new hires. The cutbacks to employees" ability to manage their own health come as direct caregivers continue to respond to infectious outbreaks. The World Health Organization has raised the worldwide pandemic alert level of the influenza A (H1N1) virus to Phase 6. At least 55 healthcare workers have been infected with the swine flu virus. "Tenet is one of the largest for-profit hospital chains in the United States. It made a profit in the last quarter. We"re standing with Tenet co-workers who are dealing with these cuts to ensure that they can protect their health with good sick leave benefits," said Teri Baro, an OR Materials Coordinator at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center and a member of SEIU United Healthcare Workers-West. California Nurses Association


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