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How Are Bacteria Named?
Bacteria or prokaryotes are system cells of the kingdom Monera (as opposed to the Metazoa [animal] or Plantae) that are unlike any other living organism. The bacterium (singular) exists as a single...
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In healthcare, the term "DRG" refers to diagnosis related groups. Such groups help establish the payment policies the care facility will follow for an individual patient for the condition, demographics...
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How to Fill a Ritter M11 UltraClave
The Ritter M11 UltraClave is used to sterilize medical and dental equipment. It is an easy-to-use countertop steam autoclave you fill with water it heats and converts to steam. The steam kills...
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How to Overcome Language Barriers in Healthcare
The immigrant population in the United States may face language barriers depending on their individual mastery of English. Health care providers must overcome these barriers to establish a flow of...
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How to Reconstitute a Sterile Product
With the purpose of being used for the treatment of medical conditions or illnesses, sterile drug products must be reconstituted with aseptic technique to ensure that they remain sterile prior to...
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What Is Rehabilitation?
In its simplest form, rehabilitation is the process of restoring a patient to an appropriate level of health and social well-being. In practice, however, rehabilitation is a complex and multilayered...
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How to File a Grievance Complaint Against a Doctor
Patients trust their doctors to find out what is wrong and prescribe an accurate treatment to get better. However, this does not always happen. Doctors sometimes make mistakes, prescribing the wrong...
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Dual Inversion Recovery
Magnetic Resonance Imagine (MRI) is a vital tool for the assessment of brain and bodily function. MRIs send a strong magnetic field and radio waves through the body to create a picture of its...
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How to Start a Health & Wellness Ministry in Your Church
Many Christian churches, especially large ones, have health and wellness ministries. Churches address the spiritual needs of community members, of course, but health and wellness ministries allow them...
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How to Measure Intake & Output Procedures
Input and output, more commonly referred to as I&O in the medical field, is the measure of a patient's intake of food and fluids and the release of fluids and solids from the body. Some medical...
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How to Print Physician Address Labels From ChartFact
ChartFact is an electronic medical and hospital software program that assists health care personnel with tracking and updating patient charts. The benefits of electronic charting programs are that they...
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Luer Lock Specifications
Luer lock refers to the tip designed for the end of syringes. This locking system secures the needle so it will not be able to move or break free from the syringe. As the years have passed, the Luer...
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How to Use Slit Lamps to Measure IOP
Eye-care professionals use a slit lamp to examine eye health. The instrument, which also is called a biomicroscope, magnifies an eye so the doctor or optometrist can examine its external and internal...
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Propaq 104 EL Protocols
Propaq 104 ELs are a series of medical bedside monitors originally made by Protocol Systems. Because of a corporate acquisition, the monitors are now manufactured by Welch Allyn. Despite the change,...
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How to Enlarge a Narrowing Lateral Recess
A narrowing lateral recess is also referred to as Lateral Recess Stenosis. This particular stenosis causes the pinching of nerve roots as the nerves exit the spine. This pressure causes a significant...
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How to Use an Alaris Infusion Pump
The Alaris infusion pump is designed to help nurses administer intravenous (IV) medications safely to their patients. It has features that control dosage to minimize the occurrence of human error as...
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How to Test the Instrument Trays in Autoclaves
Lab technicians use autoclaves to sterilize medical instruments. Instruments are laid out on trays that are then inserted into the autoclave, making fullest use of the space available in the device....
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How to Program a Dynamic Rhino Motor Controller
Personal mobility equipment manufacturers install the Rhino motor controller from Dynamic Controls on their advanced power wheelchair and scooter models. This digital control panel allows users to...
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Information on PDA Medical Applications
The fast pace of today's medical industry sometimes leaves most physicians with limited access to patients. In such an environment, any diversion from face time with a patient is costly. Personal...
View ArticleThe Effectiveness of Mass Communication to Change Public Behavior
Media campaigns are widely used to try and change the behavior of the population . Most of those campaigns have targeted, but not limited to health isues such as tobacco users, sexual behaviors, child...
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