Bar coding for patient safety

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The Institute of Medicine published a report in 2000 that documented the incidence of medical mistakes, including data that showed that 3.7% of patients hospitalized in New York State were injured by medical treatments. The Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital system introduced a national bar-coding program to secure patient safety and reduce nursing errors, because of which one VA hospital documented a 24% decrease in the rate of medication-administration errors.

United Kingdom, Reports, Medical errors, Medication errors

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Home testing for HIV

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The food and drug administration (FDA) was struggling for nearly two decades over the possible approval of 'do-it-yourself' home test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and after years of politicking and lawsuits it looks possible. On November 2005, OraSure Technologies announced that it was seeking over-the-counter status for its rapid HIV-antibody test.

United States, Product development, Medical Instruments and Supplies, Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing, Medical Instruments & Supplies, Diagnosis, HIV infection, HIV infections, Medical equipment and supplies industry, Medical equipment industry, United States. Food and Drug Administration, HIV testing, HIV tests, Medical test kit industry, OraSure Technologies Inc.

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Collateral damage- Medecins sans Frontieres leaves Afghanistan and Iraq

Article Abstract:

The Nobel Prize-winning humanitarian-aid organization Medecins sans Frontieres (MSF) left Afghanistan on 28th July 2004 and Iraq on 4th November 2004. MSF's departure is a signal of larger crisis within the humanitarian-aid community that forced many to question whether nonpartisan relief is still possible in such a political climate.

Public affairs, SOCIAL SERVICES, Social Assistance, Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations, Nonprofit Institutions, Iraq, Social Services & Nonprofit Institutns, Afghanistan, Health aspects, Social aspects, Nonprofit organizations, Doctors Without Borders, Political/non-profit organization software

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