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90% of penicillin allergy labels in Hong Kong found to be false

Medical Xpress

Philip Li from the LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) has pioneered a new nurse-led penicillin allergy triage and testing strategy—the Hong Kong Drug Allergy Delabelling Initiative (HK-DADI), and demonstrated its effectiveness and safety compared to traditional allergy testing.

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Denied by AI: How Medicare Advantage plans use algorithms to cut off care for seniors in need

STAT News

An algorithm, not a doctor, predicted a rapid recovery for Frances Walter, an 85-year-old Wisconsin woman with a shattered left shoulder and an allergy to pain medicine. days, it estimated, she would be ready to leave her nursing home.

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Giving Back: Once a Lung Transplant Recipient, Now a Surgical Nurse

The Pharma Data

30, 2020 — Nurses are known for being kind, caring and sympathetic, but Brianna Fogelman brings an uncommon empathy to her nursing job at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore. Though she had always planned to become a nurse, it wasn’t until after her transplant that it felt like more of a calling, Fogelman said.

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Retired Doctors, Nurses Will Be Approved to Give COVID Vaccine, White House Says

The Pharma Data

27, 2021 — Retired doctors and nurses are being called to the front lines of the U.S. The rules, drafted under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, will also be adapted to allow licensed doctors, nurses and health practitioners to administer shots across state lines, Zients said. WEDNESDAY, Jan.

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How to Reduce Your Chance of Medication Errors

Triage Cancer

Medication errors in healthcare facilities include dispensing the wrong drug or the wrong dosage, drug overdoses, and overlooked drug interactions and allergies. Lastly, nurses can give a patient the wrong medication, or give a medication at the wrong time. Tell your doctors about any medication-related allergies and/or side effects.

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Can you get Promethazine Cough Syrup?

Druggist

Nigh Nurse liquid as promethazine cough syrup Nigh Nurse liquid is probably the most known and most popular ‘cold and flu’ product available in the UK pharmacies. Adults and children over 16 years of age can use nigh Nurse liquid. How much promethazine is contained in Nigh Nurse liquid?

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How well does vaccination work in residents of long-term care homes?

Scienmag

Researchers aim to find out Credit: Schlegel Villages, Ontario, Canada MONTREAL, MARCH 18, 2021 – Long-term care homes have been at the epicentre of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, with 70 percent of COVID-19 deaths having occurred in long-term care or nursing homes.

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