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This Regulatory Advisory examines CMS' May 4 proposed rule to revise the Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation \(CoP\) to require hospitals of all types to offer all inpatients and outpatients an annual influenza vaccination unless vaccination is medically contraindicated or the patient…
AHA Statement before the FCC's Joint Advisory Committee on Communications Capabilities of Emergency Medical and Public Health Care Facilities.
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Lessons LearnedScenario-BasedOSHA Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims, January 2005
Lessons LearnedExperience-BasedACTS OF TERRORISM
Lessons LearnedIntegrated Community-wide ApproachesCommunities Can Learn Lessons From Worker Exposure to Anthrax in Washington, March 2005Study by the RAND Corporation
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Selected BibliographyWeapons of Mass Destruction Events With Contaminated Casualties: Effective Planning for Health Care FacilitiesAnthony G. Macintyre, MD; Lt COL George W.
ResourcesGuidance for Healthcare Professionals: Smallpox ResourcesThe Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism (March 2005)IOM r