Organizational Policy
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship.

13 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Organisms resistant to antimicrobials continue to emerge and spread. This study was performed to measure the medical and societal cost attributable to antimicrobial-resistant infection (ARI). METHODS: A sample of high-risk hospitalized ... Read more...

Policy statement--guidance for the administration of medication in school.

26 Sep 2009 Many children who take medications require them during the school day. This policy statement is designed to guide prescribing health care professionals, school physicians, and school health councils on the administration of medications to children ... Read more...

Institutional challenges for mining and sustainability in Peru.

23 Sep 2009 Global consumption continues to generate growth in mining. In lesser developed economies, this growth offers the potential to generate new resources for development, but also creates challenges to sustainability in the regions in which extraction ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Organizational Policy'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hospital and societal costs of antimicrobial-resistant infections in a Chicago teaching hospital: implications for antibiotic stewardship. 13 Oct 2009
• Multihospital collaborations for surgical quality improvement. 12 Oct 2009
• Above board: clear bylaws support the research mission of the Foundation for Physical Therapy. 29 Sep 2009
• Policy statement--guidance for the administration of medication in school. 26 Sep 2009
• Institutional challenges for mining and sustainability in Peru. 23 Sep 2009
• Bending the cost curve: a critical component of health care reform. 14 Sep 2009
• An official American Thoracic Society Policy statement: managing conflict of interest in professional societies. 13 Sep 2009
• Uncompensated unrest. AHA, HFMA oppose CMS' plan on reporting. 5 Sep 2009
• Using research to determine support for a policy on family presence during resuscitation. 30 Aug 2009
• ASN policy on managing conflicts of interest. 30 Aug 2009
• Antimicrobial stewardship: application in the intensive care unit. 30 Aug 2009
• Managing conflicts of interest: the road ahead. 25 Aug 2009
• An $18 billion problem. Nursing-care providers bemoan payment change. 8 Aug 2009
• Another cut reprieve. But execs concerned no permanent solution in place. 8 Aug 2009
• What we can learn from airlines. 5 Aug 2009
• Staff attitudes and beliefs regarding family visitation after implementation of a formal visitation policy in the PACU. 30 Jul 2009
• Investigating factors associated with nurses' attitudes towards perinatal bereavement care: a study in Shandong and Hong Kong. 30 Jul 2009
• What to do when employees are accused of drug use? 30 Jul 2009
• Medicare helps PCPs at specialists' expense. 30 Jul 2009
• Approved: 2010 updates to accreditation and certification decision rules. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Organizational Policy'

Definition: A course or method of action selected, usually by an organization, institution, university, society, etc., from among alternatives to guide and determine present and future decisions and positions on matters of public interest or social concern. It does not include internal policy relating to organization and administration within the corporate body, for which ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION is available.

Descriptor UI: D016134

Alternative terms: Organizational Policy; Policies, Organizational; Policy, Organizational; Organizational Policies; Institutional Policy; Policies, Institutional; Policy, Institutional; Institutional Policies;

Tree Number: I01.880.604.825.550; N03.706.825.550;

History Note: 91

Technical Notes: no qualif; specify corporate body if pertinent