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Age of Transfused Blood Linked to Risk of Nosocomial Infection
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Compared with freshly donated blood, blood stored for 26 days is associated with a two-fold higher risk of nosocomial infection in transfusion recipients, and the risk increases with increasing storage duration, according to research coming out of Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey. Reuters Health Information
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Study Dispels Some Myths About Uninsured Patients Presenting to ED
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Contrary to what many people believe, uninsured patients are not a primary cause of the overcrowding that is seen in US emergency departments (EDs), new research indicates. By contrast, the assumption that increasing numbers of uninsured patients are presenting to EDs is, in fact, true. Reuters Health Information
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