If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to share information and notify clinicians, public health authorities, and the public about the risk of severe arboviral neuroinvasive disease among patients who are receiving B cell-depleting or B cell-modulating medications, particularly anti-CD20 monoclonal antibodies (mAbs).
As of early August, nearly every U.S. state has reported cases of cyclosporiasis, the infection caused by consuming food or water contaminated with cyclospora. Two people with severe underlying health issues have died from the outbreak.
Cyberattacks on the healthcare industry have brought hospitals, clinics and other providers to a breaking point, researchers said on Friday.The healthcare sector consistently ranks as one of hackers’ top targets because of the sector’s financial constraints, supply-chain opacity and low tolerance for downtime. Cybercriminals have repeatedly broken into hospital chains and healthcare vendors, sometimes causing widespread disruptions and even jeopardizing patient safety.
Medline Industries, LP initiated a nationwide recall of Hudson RCI Neonatal/Infant Heated Wire Breathing Circuits. Medline received reports of sporadic failures involving the electrical connector of certain neonatal and infant heated wire breathing circuits. In affected circuits, the heated wire connector (pigtail) at the Neptune humidifier may exhibit discoloration, melting, smoke, burning odor, or other signs of localized thermal damage.
Lexunder Inc. is recalling Food to Live brand green powder products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Upon notification that Coast Citrus Distributors is voluntarily recalling fresh jalapeños due to potential Salmonella contamination, Taylor Fresh Foods is recalling finished products containing jalapeños subject to this recall. The recalled products were distributed to retail distribution centers in the following states: AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NE, NH, NY, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VT, WI, WV with a “Best If Used By” date up to and including August 16, 2026.
Fresenius Kabi is voluntarily recalling one lot of Morphine Sulfate Injection USP, Simplist® 2 mg/1 mL due to a label mix-up. The MicroVault labeled as Morphine 2 mg/1 mL, may contain a Prefilled Syringe of Dilaudid 0.5 mg/0.5 mL. This recall is being conducted to the user level.Use of a MicroVault labeled as Morphine Sulfate Injection 2 mg/mL containing a prefilled syringe of Dilaudid (hydromorphone HCl) 0.5 mg/0.5 mL has a reasonable probability of causing serious adverse health consequences, including life-threatening respiratory depression and death.
Infection Prevention in ASCs: Elevating Standards, Reducing Risk -Sept. 29
RESOURCES AND REMINDERS
Reminder: Identify, Isolate and Inform!
Identify, Isolate and Inform: It is important to continueto ask travel questions. The purpose of this notice is to remind healthcare providers about actions to take in Georgia when evaluating patients for possible serious communicable diseases.
Travel Clinical Assistant (TCA)
TheTravel Clinical Assistantprovides post-travel clinical information on travel-related diseases for 231 countries. Diseases with recent outbreaks occurring in the last two years are listed first.
