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Health News 2006
JANUARY | 2006
- CDC Updates Guidelines for TB Prevention
- USCG Revises Alcohol Testing Requirements
- Mine Safety in the Limelight
- FAA Amends Drug and Alcohol Testing Rules
- New ABOHN Certification
- Employers Must Post OSHA 300A Form on February 1st
- Influenza A Shows Greater Resistance to Adamantanes
- Federally Mandated Drug and Alcohol Testing Rates for 2006
- SAB Says PFOA is a Likely Carcinogen
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FEBRUARY | 2006
- OSHA Enforcement Record for 2005
- CA Workers’ Comp Reform Yields Savings
- Workplace Drug Testing Flourished in 2005
- Study: Increase in Health Spending Will Outpace GDP Growth
- OSHA’s New Hexavalent Chromium Standard
- CDC: Start Planning Next Season’s Flu Vaccination Campaign Now
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MARCH | 2006
- HRG Asks for Pain Reliever Ban
- Implements Emergency Standard
- DOT NPRM on Substance Abuse Professionals
- 2005 Workplace Survey: Lawsuits and Complaints Decrease as Supervisory Training Increases
- FMCSA Proposes to Allow Insulin–treated Diabetics to Drive CMVs
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APRIL | 2006
- 2006 Retirement Report: Reality Check Needed
- Check Your Hand Sanitizer
- Free On–line CME Course on Pandemic Preparedness for Healthcare Workers
- TB and Respiratory Protection Standard Restriction for 2006 Unchanged
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MAY | 2006
- ACOEM’s Utilization Management Knowledgebase
- New OSHA Safety Handbooks on Molds and Glutaraldehyde
- Healthcare after Katrina: Build Better Systems
- AFDA Apporoves Chantix® for Smoking Cessation
- Updated Coronary Vascular Disease Guidelines
- NIH Panel on Multivitamin Use
- MSHA’s New PEL for Diesel Particulates
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JUNE | 2006
- OSHA’s 2006 Targeted Inspection Plan
- FTA NPRM on Controlled Substance and Alcohol Misuse Testing
- Update on NIOSH B Reader Program
- New JCAHO Infection Control Standard
- ACIP Updates Recommendation for Mumps
- Measles Outbreak in Boston
- DOT Secretary Resigns
- FAA Amends Airman Med Certification Standard
- JNJ to Buy Pfizer Consumer Healthcare for $16.6 Billion
- US Surgeon General: Any Secondhand Smoke is Bad
- Prevention and Control of Influenza: 2006 ACIP Update
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JULY | 2006
- Acetaminophen Causes Elevated ALT at Recommended Doses
- FDA Approves First Two–in–One Test for Hepatitis B Surface Antigen
- FMCSA to Conduct ME Performance Study
- AHA 2006 Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations
- Study Finds BMI/Healthcare Cost Correlation
- HCA Anticipates Merger with Private Equity Consortium
- ANAMCS: More Physicians Using EMR
- Bird–Flu Vaccine Study Results are Promising
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AUGUST | 2006
- New ODAPC Guidance on 49 CFR 40
- Researchers Question the Precision of BMI
- DOT–FARS: Drunk Driving a Severe Problem
- OSHA’s Assigned Protection Factors in Respiratory Protection Standard
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SEPTEMBER | 2006
- Standards Needed for Exposure to Flavorings
- After–Effects of the World Trade Center Disaster
- Urgent FDA Warning: Do Not Eat Bagged Spinach
- Ford Announces Plans for Deeper Cuts
- JCAHO: Assess Risk of Emergency Electrical System Failures
- Bristol–Myers Squibb Removes Dolan as CEO
- FDA Grants CLIA Waiver to Lead Screening Test
- Drug Use Decreases with Workplace Drug Testing
- Update on E. coli Outbreak
- CDC Recommends HIV Tests for 13–64 Age Group
- Wal–Mart, Target Slash Prescription Generic Drug Prices
- Health Insurance Premium Increases Outpace Salaries, Inflation
- ACOEM Recommendations for Sleep Apnea in CMV Drivers
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OCTOBER | 2006
- Source of E. coli Outbreak Found
- HOSHA Hexavalent Chromium Guide for Small Businesses
- FDA Approves FluLaval Vaccine
- Bush’s Nominee to Head MSHA Rejected for the Second Time
- HFDA Nanotech Meeting: More Resources and Oversight Needed
- UnitedHealth CEO to Leave by the End of the Year
- FDA Approves New Once–a–Day Diabetes Medicine
- FDA and FTC Combat Fake Diabetes Cures
- Another Coal Mine Explosion Fatality
- FDA: Thimerosal in Vaccines is Safe
- ACIP Recommends Shingles Vaccine for People 60 and Older
- MSHA: New Procedures for Evaluating Flagrant Violations
- FDA Approves Telbivudine for Chronic Hepatitis B in Adults
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NOVEMBER | 2006
- CDC Investigates Salmonella Outbreak
- Federal Railroad Administration Amends Occupational Noise Exposure Rules
- FDA: Recall of 500 mg Store–Brand Acetaminophen Caplets
- OSHA Updates Guide Against Avian Flu
- FTA’s New Provisions on Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Reduced Smoking Not Enough; Quit for Health
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DECEMBER | 2006
- Investigation of E. coli 0157 Infections in Northeast Taco Bells
- MSHA: Final Rule on Mine Safety Standard
- CDC: Onion Not the Culprit in Taco Bell Outbreak
- ICD–9 Changes for 2006–2007
- FDA: Expand Warnings on OTC Pain Meds
- EPA: Review of Lead as a Criteria Pollutant
- HIPAA Rules on Health Nondiscrimination
- OSHA Solicits Comments on Standards Improvement Project (SIPs)
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