Featured Library Book: Palliative Care

Our newest addition to the book collection is A Practical Guide to Palliative Care by Jerry L. Old and Daniel L. Swagerty(2007). For a review, check out this article in JAMA.

Designed for easy use at the bedside, this book contains:
--Multiple bullet points
--Evidence-based approach to end of life care
--Tested practical information that is used in the field
--Easy-to-read tables covering such topics as pain medications, how to treat non-pain symptoms, determining who qualifies for hospice care and more
--Includes an "In a Nutshell" review in each chapter

If you wish to check this book out, you'll find it in the WB section of the book shelves, WB 310 P895 2007.

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PubMed Redesign: Where has it gone?

If you use PubMed Medline for searching for articles and article abstracts, you may have noticed that it has been redesigned. A wonderful person at the University of Washington Health Sciences Libraries has created a handout that tells you where to find the new home of many features: Where has it gone?

Related Post:
Medline at PubMed.gov: Finding articles

H1N1 Update from PA Dept of Health #182

H1N1inPA.com is the latest site for up to date info for healthcare providers, about the H1N1 influenza in PA.

For the latest H1N1 Influenza alert from the PA Department of Health, check Alert #182:
Updated Protocol for Healthcare Providers for Testing, Surveillance, and Reporting for Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) in Humans.

Updated information will continue to be available on the PADOH web page at and consultation is available at 1-877-PA-HEALTH.

APIC is offering free education brochures on various infection prevention topics such as:

10 tips for preventing the spread of infection
Prevent Needlesticks
Lyme Disease
Antibiotic Safety
Speak Up: Five Things You Can Do To Prevent Infection
How to Dine Out Safely
Traveling Overseas - Tips on How to Avoid Infection

Celebrate Infection Prevention Week 2009

International Infection Prevention Week is October 18-24, 2009From the 19th –24th, challenge your Infection Control knowledge by finding all of the Infection Control problems in the “Mock” patient room located on the 3rd Floor in the Labor and Delivery overflow!

The room is open to all employees to enter. The employees with all of the correct answers will be entered to win a WaWa gift card. Good luck!

Free CE on Case-Based Assessments in Therapeutic Management of Multiple Sclerosis

Prime, Inc and Teva Neuroscience are offering a free CE course on Case-Based Assessments in Therapeutic Management of Multiple Sclerosis thru September 30, 2011.


Case Manager Continuing Education
The Commission for Case Manager Certification designates this educational activity for 1.5 contact hour(s) for certified case managers.

Pharmacist Continuing Education
This curriculum has been approved for 1.5 contact hour(s) by PRIME®. PRIME® is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The universal program number for this activity is 0255-0000-09-022-H01. This learning activity is Application-based.