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Issue dtd. 16th to 30th September 2004
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MCI gives nod for DNB courses in WB medical colleges
The long standing demand of the State Government to run Diplomate of the National Board (DNB) medical courses in public and private sector hospitals in the State has finally been okayed by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry.
Stand-alone diabetes hospital not viable business model
Low per centage of hospitalisation for diabetics coupled with poor return from stand-alone diabetes hospitals/centres have triggered the trend of diabetes specialty clinics across the country.
In The News

hMpV found in children with respiratory infection
Awareness project for diabetes launched
Tatas to set up cancer hospital in Kolkata
Hinduja Hospital starts women’s speciality clinic
Only ten % of Indian hospitals have blood irradiators

A Special Feature

29th ISBTI National Conference

ISBTI conference to propose simplification of blood banks license
‘Doctors should come forward to use blood components’
Recent advances in transfusion medicine
Remi: Pioneering in blood banking and laboratory solutions
PRODUCTS
Minimising unnecessary blood transfusion
Donor selection leads to provision of safe blood
bioM‚rieux: Offering innovation in clinical diagnostics
Management

Continuous Quality Improvement: A new concept for healthcare
Five years ago, I was completely shaken off by the scores of infections that were occurring in my intensive care unit. They just seemed out of control even in a resource-rich country like the United States. Our ICU was rattled with six urinary tract infections per 1000 catheter-days, seven blood stream infections per 1000 line-days and seven ventilator associated pneumonia per 1000 ventilator-days - all above the national norms.

Edit

Relative Interest
Ethics, law and public action

Infection Control

Healthcare waste management - the importance of hand hygiene
Management of healthcare waste is an integral part of hospital hygiene and infection control. Healthcare waste should be considered as a reservoir of pathogenic micro-organisms, which can cause contamination and give rise to infection.

Planning

Day care surgery is an accepted modality for most patients
Col M Dayananda writes on recommended policies and planning required for smooth operation of day care surgical programme, in this concluding part on day care surgery unit

Events
‘Expertise of TPAs is an asset to shift towards HMO-managed care’
National conference on anaesthesiology and clinical pharmacology
6th annual conference of the skull base surgery
In Brief
In Brief
Different Strokes

Carry on Thames, Jeeves...
Prozac in the tap waters of London... so Blair the news papers...

Oped
Key to promote rational drug use
A well-maintained formulary alone does not guarantee appropriate and cost effective use of drugs.
Opinion
‘We need a national programme for deafness’
‘MDACS works for control and care of PLWHA through public awareness’
Interview

‘Early referral is key to improve success of liver transplant’

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