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Corporate Law / Health Law

Medical malpractice law and information. Case developments, articles, resources related to medical law. Law and the physician, medicine and law, medical liability, etc. Resources, cases, statutes, memos and articles on health law. Latex allergy litigation.

Employee Health / Drug Guides

Databases of over 4,000 generic/tradenames with information on dosage, indications for use, warnings, etc. Monographs on new drugs. Antibiotic guide. Food and drug interactions. Comparative drug charts. ASHP Practice Standards. Intravenous medication administration. FDA Orange Book. ASHP practice standards.

Human Factors / Patient Handling

Recommendations for solutions to manual lifting of patients. Information about mechanical lfit equipment and patient transfer systems. Patient transfer techniques, use of lift equipment, patient transfer teams.

Insurance / Malpractice Insurance

Series of articles on risk management and medical professional liability. Medical professional liability exposures. Tips to prevent malpractice claims. Handbook on risk management for physicians. State-specific legislative information. Series of risk management forms and letters available for download. Answers to common questions about the release of medical records. Emergency room risk management.

Workplace Safety / Medical Devices

Various inspection guides used by FDA field staff for audits. Mammography facility regulatory guidance. US Food and Drug Administration guidance on the CDRH requirements related to medical device manufacturing safety requirements - recalls, reporting, quality, use errors, etc.

Workplace Safety / Patient Safety

Guidance regarding patient safety. JCAHO Sentinel Events. Medication Error Prevention Programs. Medical Error Reporting.

Health Care Safety / Hospital Safety

The full text of sample safety programs - majority are university medical center programs currently in use. Eliminating pollution from health care practices, plans for mercury elimination, use of incinerators, etc

Health Care Safety / Infection Control

Guides and information on infection control. Tutorial on drug-resistant organisms. Issues and recommendations for the prevention of nosocomial pneumonia. Recommendations for isolation practices and infection control in hospitals. Guidelines for controlling the risk of VRE infection and colonization. Emerging pathogens and multidrug-resistant organisms. Laundry guidelines. Needle sticks.

Health Care Safety / Malpractice

Medical professional liability exposures. Tips to prevent malpractice claims. Handbook on risk management for physicians. State-specific legislative information. Series of risk management forms and letters available for download. Answers to common questions about the release of medical records. Emergency room risk management. Series of articles on risk management and medical professional liability.

Health Care Safety / Medical Devices

US Food and Drug Administration guidance on the CDRH requirements related to medical device manufacturing safety requirements - recalls, reporting, quality, use errors, etc. Various inspection guides used by FDA field staff for audits. Mammography facility regulatory guidance.

Health Care Safety / Medication Safety

Medication error reduction, drug safety handling procedures, medication incompatibilities

Health Care Safety / Patient Handling

Recommendations for solutions to manual lifting of patients. Information about mechanical lfit equipment and patient transfer systems.

Health Care Safety / Patient Safety

JCAHO Sentinel Events. Medication Error Prevention Programs. Medical Error Reporting. Guidance regarding patient safety.

Occupational Medicine / Anesthesia

Resources for professionals related to anesthesia -related topics, safety, textbooks, etc.

Occupational Medicine / Pharmaceuticals

Databases of over 4,000 generic/tradenames with information on dosage, indications for use, warnings, etc. Monographs on new drugs. Antibiotic guide. Food and drug interactions. Comparative drug charts. ASHP Practice Standards. Intravenous medication administration.