Current trends, future problems for nursing home surveys to be focus of Super Tuesday webcast
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McKnight's Staff
Apr 13, 2012
Providers will get an up-close look at problems with the nursing home survey process from a nationally respected expert during the first 2012 McKnight’s Super Tuesday webcast. The event will take...
‘Smart’ catheter could cut urinary tract infections in long-term care facilities: report
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 24, 2012
Michigan researchers are developing a “smart” catheter that releases a bacteria-killing nitric oxide substance at the start of an infection, according to a report presented at a conference...
Study predicts injury increase for medical professionals
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 06, 2012
High tech will mean high-risk for some healthcare workers, according to projections from a Cornell University ergonomics professor. The push to make healthcare high tech, which is being pumped with $20...
‘Pay attention’: Free webcast on how retention [of good employees] pays
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McKnight's Staff
Aug 28, 2012
‘Pay attention: Retention pays’ was the title of the latest in a series of free McKnight’s webcasts for long-term care professionals. The hour-long event was broadcast live Aug. 28 and...
Congressman calls for tougher regulations on bed rails
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McKnight's Staff
Dec 04, 2012
In the wake of a tough investigation into bed rail entrapment, a Massachusetts congressman has called on government agencies to step up their regulation.
Wound care cases can be won, attorney emphasizes
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McKnight's Staff
Mar 22, 2012
Document, document, document: That’s the key to avoiding costly wound care mishaps in a nursing facility, an attorney told McKnight’s Online Expo participants Thursday.