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Emergency Management Alert

• Michigan community launches text message alert system

  Lansing, MI, will soon offer information during emergencies and disasters via text message...

• Emergency declared for New Jersey coast

  New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine declared a state of emergency for Cumberland County due to last week's...

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Hospital Safety Connection

• Medical chopper crash may bolster FAA regulation proposal

  Yet another medical helicopter crashed has killed people, this time near the California-Nevada...

• Large EPA settlement points to common problems with hazardous waste

  The Environmental Protection Agency’s actions as part of a $533,570 hospital settlement...

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Infection Control Weekly Monitor

• HHS allocates $9 million for ASC surveys

  Last week Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that...

• Wall Street Journal looks at 10 steps to preventing infections

  Part of a Wall Street Journal Health Care report released late last month includes a breakdown of...

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OSHA Healthcare Connection

• OSHA posts H1N1 protection advice

  Following the lead of the recent CDC flu guidance on infection control and healthcare worker...

• IC experts urge H1N1 respiratory protection change

  Three leading IC organizations issued a letter to President Obama urging a change in respiratory...