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LTC Articles
Court holds federal law preempts nursing
home's arbitration provision
Lexology (registration)
By Robert M. Wolin
A healthcare provider's arbitration
agreement that lacked Texas notice
provisions was held to be invalid
under the McCarran-Ferguson Act ...
<http://www.lexology.com/library/
detail.aspx?g=85c0fc47-eb78-4b94-
aaa6-e241ead92b5f>
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Owner: 5 NC nursing home deaths
under scrutiny
Washington Post
AP MOUNT OLIVE, NC --
The owner of a North Carolina
nursing home where five
residents have died from hepatitis B
says public health investigators are
<snip>
Glenn Kornegay, owner of the Glencare
home in Mount Olive, said Thursday
that state public health investigators
told his staff that five medical
technicians had reused diabetes pens
when checking patients' blood sugar
levels.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/
content/article/2010/11/11/
AR2010111105918.html>
Hepatitis B outbreak at NC nursing home
Today's THV
Health officials are trying to track
down the source of a hepatitis B
outbreak at a North Carolina nursing
home. The disease is suspected in five
deaths at ...
http://www.todaysthv.com/news/
natInt/story.aspx?storyid=127136&catid=288
For additional information
on this important issue, see:
Transmission of Hepatitis B Virus
Among Persons Undergoing Blood Glucose
Monitoring in Long-Term--Care Facilities ---
Mississippi, North Carolina,
and Los Angeles County, California, 2003--2004
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/
mmwrhtml/mm5409a2.htm
Fingerstick Devices to Obtain Blood
Specimens: Initial Communication -
Risk of Transmitting Bloodborne Pathogens
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/
SafetyInformation/
SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/
ucm224135.htm
Also:
FDA: Insulin Pens and Insulin
Cartridges Must Not Be Shared
[08/26/2010 - Infection Prevention
during Blood Glucose Monitoring and
Insulin Administration - CDC]
and [08/26/2010 - Clinical Reminder:
Use of Fingerstick Devices - CDC]
http://www.cdc.gov/injectionsafety/
blood-glucose-monitoring.html
CDC. Nosocomial transmission of
hepatitis B virus associated with a
spring-loaded fingerstick device---
California. MMWR 1990;39:610--3.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/
mmwrhtml/00001743.htm
CDC. Nosocomial hepatitis B virus
infection associated with reusable
fingerstick blood sampling devices---
Ohio and New York City, 1996. MMWR
1997;46:217--21
FDA: Insulin Pens and Insulin
Cartridges Must Not Be Shared
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/
PressAnnouncements/2009/ucm149546.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/
mmwrhtml/00046679.htm
American Association of Diabetes
Educators. Educating providers and
persons with diabetes to prevent
the transmission of bloodborne infections
and avoid injuries from sharps.
Chicago, IL: American Association of
Diabetes Educators; 1997. Available at
http://www.diabeteseducator.org/export/
sites/aade/_resources/pdf/
EducProvidersBloodborneInfetions.pdf
Also see:
Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose
http://www.diabeteseducator.org/export/
sites/aade/_resources/pdf/research/
Self-Monitoring_of_Blood_Glucose.pdf
RECOMMENDED INFECTION-CONTROL AND
SAFE INJECTION PRACTICES TO PREVENT
PATIENT-TO-PATIENT TRANSMISSION OF
BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS
http://www.cdc.gov/hepatitis/Resources/
OrderPubs/HealthProf/
PrevP-to-PTransHandout_Eng.pdf
A "Never" Event: Unsafe Injection Practices
Prevention Safe Injection Practices
and Basic Infection Control. ...
Standard Precautions, first recommended
in the 1996 guideline, has led to
a ...
http://www.emergency.cdc.gov/coca/ppt/
UnsafeInjectionPractices032708.ppt
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Verbal aggression may signal depression
UPI.com
11 (UPI) --
Nursing home residents who began
using aggressive language were
69 percent more likely than others
to be diagnosed with depression, ...
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2010/11/11/
Verbal-aggression-may-signal-depression/
UPI-40311289529553/
Calif. Nurses Emerge As Political
Force; Iowa Official Under Fire For
Strict ...
Kaiser Health News
The Des Moines Register: "The embattled
head of the state agency that
inspects Iowa's hospitals and nursing
homes says one of Iowa's new
legislative leaders ...
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/
Daily-Reports/2010/
November/11/States.aspx
Hospice patient's dream of
visiting Vegas realized
Monroe News Star
Volunteer Sally Teagle and certified
nursing assistant Willie Mae Standifer
will stay with the couple during their
free four-day three-night stay at
the Red ...
http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/
20101112/NEWS01/11120320
U.S. announces new Medicaid audit
program aimed at preventing fraud
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services announced late Friday new
rules aimed at stopping improper
Medicaid payments to providers.
Taking a page from the Medicare program,
regulators have proposed using Medicaid
Recovery Audit Contractors (RACs).
http://haymarket.puresendmail.com/hmiclick/
ah9frjfPiiaw9cP3d88PzywxmuP7fh8Ph4m52l/1/
26300?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Weekly
New therapy rule could harm rehab
patients in skilled nursing
facilities,
NASL says
Another long-term care organization
took a swing at the new multiple
procedure payment reduction policy,
which affects Medicare beneficiaries
in skilled nursing and post-acute
care facilities.
http://haymarket.puresendmail.com/hmiclick/
ah9frjfPiiaw9cP3d88PzywxmuP7fh8Ph4m52l/1/
26387?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Weekly
ELEMENTS OF A COMPLIANCE PROGRAM
The Law Offices of David S. Barmak LLC
http://www.lexology.com/
r.ashx?i=2733977&l=7EQGPD2
LONG TERM CARE FACILITIES MAY FACE
INCREASED AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
ENFORCEMENT BY DOL
Lane Powell PC
http://www.lexology.com/r.ashx?i=
2733977&l=7EQGSA5
Iowa politicians clash with
nursing home inspectors
Iowa politicians, including Governor-elect
Terry Branstad (R) and state legislators
from both parties, have publicly criticized
Dean Lerner, the head of Iowa's Department
of Inspections and Appeals, which regulates
state nursing homes.
http://haymarket.puresendmail.com/hmiclick/
e2hdjldSvwoanqSvrmmSdcab08SmsvmSui0jgz/1/
26461?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Daily
Early depression diagnosis crucial
for nursing home residents, study finds
Because of the prevalence of depression
in nursing home residents, it's
essential that nursing home workers
be able to identify early indicators
of depression before mood-related
symptoms arise, according to
a new study published in
The Journal of Gerontological Nursing.
http://haymarket.puresendmail.com/hmiclick/
e2hdjldSvwoanqSvrmmSdcab08SmsvmSui0jgz/
1/26462?DCMP=EMC-MCK_Daily
"Barbara Acello, RN"
<bacello@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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