National safety protocols near for child transport in ambulance
October 1st 2010The federal government is attempting to write the first national recommendations on how children should be restrained in ambulances, whether they are ill or injured or they simply need to be transported along with family members or other people.
School-based influenza immunization may increase coverag
October 1st 2010To identify parents' beliefs and barriers related to influenza immunization of school-aged children and to evaluate how accepting parents are of school-based influenza immunization, investigators surveyed parents of students at an elementary school in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Burden of uncontrolled asthma may be higher than thought
October 1st 2010Investigators surveyed 2,429 children with a diagnosis of asthma at 29 pediatric caresites across the United States to estimate the prevalence of uncontrolled asthma in patients who visited their primary care provider for any medical reason.
Contaminated powdered infant formulas recalled
October 1st 2010After a quality-assurance inspection of its manufacturing plant in Michigan revealed contamination by insect pieces and larvae, Abbott notified FDA that it was suspending production and issued a voluntary recall for about 5 million containers of certain Similac-brand powdered infant formulas.
Note to Return to School: Do You Sign It?
September 28th 2010School has been back in session for less than a month, and our office has already had parents come in or call for the “golden ticket” that allows a child to return to school after an illness-the doctor’s note. Often parents want us to write something to the effect that “Johnny is no longer contagious….” Can we ever truly say that about anyone?!
Federal committee approves health information exchange consent rules
September 1st 2010The Health and Human Services Department Health IT Policy Committee approved recommendations on when healthcare providers must obtain consent before exchanging patient health records electronically with other providers or health information exchange networks.
Risk of infection in multiple users of fingersticks
September 1st 2010The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and FDA have noted an increase in reports of bloodborne infection transmission, primarily hepatitis B virus, resulting from shared use of fingerstick and point-of-care blood testing devices.