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The UK's HPA Has Published The Results of The Fourth HCAI Point Prevalence Survey
Apr 24, 2013The UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) has published the results of the fourth HCAI Point Prevalence Survey. The report provides a snapshot of the levels of healthcare-associated infections (HCAI) in Autumn 2011. ...
Tags: Construction, Health Protection Agency, HPA
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Winners of a Free Software APP Created at The First NHS Hack Day
Dec 26, 2012The winners of a free software app created at the first NHS Hack Day claim their product could save the NHS £3m per year in lost time. The browser-based Patient List system is intended to reduce the number of mistakes made in care ...
Tags: software app, Patient List app, NHS Hack Day, electronic medical records
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Antiviral Drugs for Flu Has Been Approved to Use by The Department of Health in The UK
Dec 25, 2012The Department of Health in the UK, has issued guidance on the use of antiviral drugs to manage people with flu-like illness in England who are at higher risk of developing complications from flu, following the Health Protection Agency ...
Tags: antiviral drugs, flu, Health Medicine
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Fsa Warns Consumers Not to Eat Certain Peanut Butter Products
Nov 24, 2012The Food Standards Agency (FSA) has warned consumers not to eat certain peanut butter products that have been imported from the US because of possible contamination with Salmonella. Peanut butter produced by a US-based food company ...
Tags: peanut butter, FSA, warned, Salmonella, recalling
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LED Lighting Was Ensured Safety
Nov 12, 2012Lighting LEDs are a route to energy efficiency that also allow creative effects that were not possible with incandescent bulbs and fluorescent tubes. But the output spectrum, like that of fluorescent tubes, is nothing like the sunlight ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, Lighting LEDs, energy efficiency, energy
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IT Services Firm Logica Has Been Selected as The Supplier of Managed Payroll Services
Nov 9, 2012IT services firm Logica, part of the CGI group, has been selected as the supplier of managed payroll services to the Department of Health's Arms Length Bodies. Combined, the organisations employ a total of 30,000 people and include the ...
Tags: Logica, CGI, GPS framework, McKesson
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OJ-Bio Secured Grants From The UK to Further Develop Its Hand-Held Flu Diagnosis Device
Nov 5, 2012OJ-Bio has secured grants from the UK government's Biomedical Catalyst to further develop its hand-held flu diagnosis device. The device, which is developed under the company's £1m ($1.5m) project, features bio-sensor materials with ...
Tags: flu diagnosis device, diagnosis device, hand-held flu diagnosis device