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Vaccination during pregnancy ?

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Understandably, pregnant women are very worried about their health during pregnancy and may be aware of scandals such as thalidomide (a drug used for morning sickness), which affects thousands of babies and causes many Human body development is impaired. However, as a direct result of these experiences, our understanding and treatment of drugs during pregnancy are completely different. Treatment recommendations during pregnancy are very cautious. And pregnant women are usually not included in clinical trials-including pregnant women with the Covid vaccine. Although vaccines are very different from powerful drugs such as thalidomide, most medical services make mistakes in caution. They usually do not recommend pricks for pregnant women unless they are particularly at risk of Covid. This may be because they are very susceptible to the virus at work, or if they are infected with Covid due to their health conditions, they are very likely to become seriously ill. The British government said...

Types of PPE you can use

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  Eyes Hazards Chemical or metal splash, dust, projectiles, gas and vapor, radiation Option Safety glasses, goggles, face shields, face shields, sun visors Note Ensure that the selected goggles have the correct combination of impact/dust/splash/molten metal goggles to suit the task and correctly fit the user Head and neck Hazards Falling or impact from flying objects, risk of head impact, hair tangled in the machine, chemical drops or splashes, climate or temperature effects Option Industrial safety helmets, crash helmets, hair nets and firefighter helmets Note Certain helmets are equipped with or can be equipped with specially designed eye or hearing protectors Don't forget to protect the neck, such as the scarf used during welding If the head guard is damaged, replace it Ears Hazards Noise-a combination of sound level and duration, even if the duration is short, very high sounds are a hazard Option Earplugs, earmuffs, semi-insertion/earmuffs Note Provide suitable hearing protecto...

Who is at higher risk of corvid-19 ?

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  High-risk population (very clinically vulnerable) If you meet the following conditions, you may get coronavirus: Had an organ transplant Are undergoing chemotherapy or antibody therapy to treat cancer, including immunotherapy Lung cancer radiotherapy (radiotherapy) is very stressful Targeted cancer treatments that can affect the immune system (such as protein kinase inhibitors or PARP inhibitors) Suffer from blood or bone marrow cancer (such as leukemia, lymphoma or myeloma) Have had a bone marrow or stem cell transplant in the past 6 months, or are still taking immunosuppressive drugs Be told by your doctor that you have a serious lung disease (such as cystic fibrosis, severe asthma, or severe COPD) Illness means you are very likely to be infected (such as SCID or sickle cell) Are taking drugs that make you more susceptible to infections (such as high-dose steroids or immunosuppressive drugs) Severe heart disease and pregnancy Problems with the spleen or the spleen has been remo...

What the K-12 Grant Dollars Mean For Your School’s PPE needs

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Congress has revealed its holistic plan to assist K-12 schools along with secondary and higher education institutions across the United States to help them reopen safely.   The bill, while covering every base imaginable, also specifically cites the purchase of PPE and implementation of social distancing protocols as being covered by the grant.   This includes reimbursements and payments for personal protective equipment, ie PPE such as  gloves ,  masks , EPA approved disinfectants, goggles – anything the school would need to ensure safety of students and faculty alike.   The bill comes at a crucial time as the country prepares to distribute the COVID19 vaccine, while also being prepared for any future pandemic.   A closer look at the fine print of the bill reveals that the bill covers not only public schools, but non-public and private schools as well. Higher education is also included in the bill.   The goal of this bill is clear...

What You Need to Know About Physician Dispensing 2020

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  Nearly half of your patients aren’t taking the medicines you’ve prescribed to them – as you have – creating a disconnect between their health and your efficacy as a physician. The World Health Organization  reports that, on average, around 125,000 people die every year due to wrong medicine intake or lack thereof. While there’s no 100% solution to this problem, you can begin physician dispensing as a way to give your patients a better chance of recovery. Physician dispensing or in-house dispensing allows you to prescribe and deliver the medicine directly to your patient – eliminating the chance that they don’t fill the prescription from a pharmacy. Dispensing from your clinic also helps grow your practice. Many patients will love the convenience of having the doctor and pharmacy be in the same place. 1. Dispense Generic Drugs First The insurance system is complex, to say the least. There are riders on several policies stating that certain medications may be written off while...

COVID Vaccines and What We Know So Far

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A vaccine is a biological cocktail that is designed to give you immunity to a certain disease. It usually contains a key ingredient that mimics the disease-causing organism. It uses a weakened or dead form of the disease itself to develop immunity within the vaccine recipient’s body. When will a COVID vaccine be available? There are multiple countries, labs, and organizations around the world working on a vaccine. Each one is at a different state. The WHO lists the known projects working on the vaccine. The Four Types of Vaccines When you hear of a vaccine, you don’t really think about its origin story.  But the truth is that every vaccine is unique.  Inactivated or weakened virus vaccines, as mentioned above, use an inactive/dead/weakened form of COVID-19 virus. Protein-based vaccines use innocuous fragments of proteins to recreate the COVID-19 virus that would incite the immune system to activate a fighting response. Viral vector vaccines...