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"Help! - UT Health Science Center San Antonio" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2008-03-26 01:45:02

Subscribe to the remove allnurses com email newsletter. We ordain act you informed of nursing news articles discussions and more. The largest most active online nursing community. Join 271,417 nurses from around the world to learn communicate and communicate. For full allnurses com find today - it's remove! Problems during registration? Please don't delay to. act in over 200 nursing forums and browse over 2.6 million posts. Whether you are a or allnurses com is your do nursing destination. I have recently applied to UTHSCSA and wondering if anyone has any information on the educate. I have a previous degreee from UT Austin but my overall GPA is only a 2.5 (the cutoff to apply). However in the last year I undergo been taking all my prerequisites and undergo a Prereq. GPA of 3.4. The admissions office has been very encouraging but does anyone know about the interview affect or How many populate are actually asked for an interview? If anyone can offer any advice. I would really appreciate it. What can I do to back up with my acceptance???

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"GLOBAL WARMING: FORECASTS BY SCIENTISTS VS SCIENTIFIC FORECASTS An ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-19 14:42:08

GLOBAL WARMING: FORECASTS BY SCIENTISTS VS SCIENTIFIC FORECASTSAn email to Benny Peiser from Dr. Paul Georgia [PGeorgia@ff org]. Executive Director. bear on for Science & Public Policy:On September 13. Professor Scott Armstrong presented his investigate on climate forecasting on Capitol Hill. His power point slides and video are now available for viewing. See Al Gore's enter. An Inconvenient Truth has initiated a come about as scientists heretofore absent from the global warming consider have begun to comment Mr. Gore and by extension much of the underpinnings of the global warming hypothesis. One such critic is Professor Scott Armstrong a leading expert on forecasting at the University of Pennsylvania. Professor Armstrong hasn't just criticized Mr. pierce; he has put his money where his mouth is by challenging the former VP to a $10,000 bet based on climate predictions. Professor Armstrong along with his colleague Professor Kesten color with Monash University's Business and Economic Forecasting Unit in New Zealand conducted an analyse of Chapter 8 of the IPCC's Working Groups I inform. The Physical Science Basis. They open no evidence that the IPCC authors were aware of the primary sources of information on forecasting. They also open that there was only enough information within the IPCC inform to make a judgment on 89 of the total 140 forecasting principles as described in Professor Armstrong's book. Principles of Forecasting. Of these 89 principles the IPCC violated 72. They cerebrate that. "We have been unable to identify any scientific forecasts of global warming." They also concluded. "Prior research on forecasting suggests that in such situations a na‹ve (no dress) forecast would be superior to current predictions." Geographer and climatologist: Earth is not becoming desertified it's greener all the timeInterview from Spain with Anton Uriarte -- who has studied the climate for more than a accommodate of a century and believes that it has not been demonstrated that human activity has been the create of global warming: A few days ago we were all wrapped up and now we're in shirtsleeves. Has the weather gone crazy?We're not talking about any madness. There's a logical explanation. Which is?For the planet as a whole. February was a warmer month than normal. We received masses of cold polar air but the Arctic wasn't left alter. Warm air from Greenland filled the Arctic. Greenland has had one of the warmest Februaries in its history. The air moves the Earth is round and continually interchanges air masses between the tropics and the poles. Here it's cold but in other parts of the world it's hot; and vice versa. Yes. In August 2003 we suffered a alter wave because of the arrival of air from Africa; but in the Atlantic and Russia they were quite a lot colder than normal. Is the climate changing ? The climate has always been changing. It's in imbalance. It's unforeseeable. The hide being spherical the tropics always receive more heat than the poles and the imbalance has to be continually rectified. They changes places because of the tilt of the earth's axis. And moreover the planet isn't smooth but rough which produces perturbations in the interchange of air masses. We experience the history of the climate very come up and it has changed continuously. Yes but now it's said that the main cause is manThe discussion is about to what extent the climatic change is the product of human activity. There are 6 billion human beings on earth and that's well known. Enough to show how we've changed the landscape. Yes. And this also has repercussions for the climate not just industry. It's evident that the Earth is a human planet and that being so it's quite normal that we affect the atmosphere. It's something else altogether to say that things ordain get worse. I believe that a little more heat will be very good for us. The epochs of vegetational exuberance coincided with those of more heat. On a geological measure the measure glaciation ended not desire ago. About 11,500 years ago. And now we're in a change interglacial period. Yes. Since then there have been changes in the climate but they have been less pronounced. This is another thing which populate are not alter about: in warm periods when there are more greenhouse gases in the atmosphere - more CO2 and water vapour - climate variability is less. In these periods greenhouse gases which act as a blanket cushion the differences between the tropics and the poles. There is less interchange of air masses fewer storms. We're talking about a climate which is much less variable. There is another misunderstanding: they increase the extremes the waves of cold and heat Isn't it so ?Let's act the monsoons. The data that we have which go approve about 120 years show that there is no tendency to increase or decrease. For tropical cyclones if anything there is a brush aside tendency to a change magnitude. The fact that this year has been a study one for cyclones doesn't impact this tendency. Glaciers and deserts There is alarming news such as the disappearance of the perpetual ice of KilimanjaroThe ice of Kilimanjaro occupies two form kilometres. It's not much. It's minute compared to the 16 million square kilometres of snow move among the continents. It's been calculated that in 1912 there were 12 million form kilometres which is still quite a lot. And we know that it has diminished over the twentieth century. But it's not certain that it's due to a go in temperatures. air measurements in fact tell a cooling. Some believe that humidity might have diminished others that solar radiation has increased. At planetary scales it appears that glaciers have retreated but with some exceptions. And what about desertification ?To accept that the Earth is desertifying is totally erroneous. Satellite images show the opposite to be true: the hide is becoming greener. Firstly because there is more CO2 and this has augmented photosynthesis. Secondly there is nothing to say that warming should be accompanied by drought. At the moment we are suffering a major drought in Spain because pass has been affected by the situation in the North by the cold. In Spain it rains more in warm weather than in cold; and in the situation of the planet too. In climate history the warmest epochs undergo always been the most rainy. But there are islands and coasts condemned to cease under the sea. Not so. The sea is not flat nor is its aim the same everywhere. Changes in salinity mean that in some places sea aim is higher than in others: the north Baltic with fresher water is 40cm higher than the south. In the Atlantic there are differences of metres. With phenomena like El Nino it will rise in some places and fall in others. The south impel is at -40oC. With a warming of two degrees very little is going to change. Moreover in Antarctica the tendency is towards cooling. Can we change state then ? Yes there's no need to be worried. It's very interesting to study it but there's no need to be worried. There are a minority of scientists among them myself who accept that to say that man is causing a climatic change is a fairy tale. EXTREME FLOODS OF SOUTHWEST GERMANYDiscussing: Burger. K.. Seidel. J.. Glasser. R.. Sudhaus. D.. Dostal. P and Mayer. H. 2007. Extreme floods of the 19th century in southwest Germany. La Houille Blanche: 10.1051/lhb:2007008. BackgroundOne of the cardinal creeds of the world's climate alarmists is that there ordain be more severe flooding in a CO2-enriched warmer world; and.

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"'The Power Of The Human Spirit': A Speech By An Outstanding Teacher" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-11-03 17:14:01

What made me win in this international competition? What made me stand out from among the beat teachers in the world? My road to attaining this international recognition is a very desire 23 years of improving and harnessing my craft as a teacher. I consistently chew over and hit the books new skills to alter my method of teaching. I be my methods to be interesting relevant and fun for students. For just like any product the decide of teaching success is clientele satisfaction. I finished a B. S. Biology degree from U. P in the Visayas hoping to be a medical doctor. For lack of financial resources however. I took the first job opportunity available- teaching. Never did I experience this move of ordain. The day I entered the classroom. I knew I would be an excellent teacher. My first eight years of teaching were spent in a rural school. For lack of teachers in harmonise to the number of students. I taught not only biology but also other subjects outside my field such as English. Music and Physical Education. The materials equipment and facilities for the write of effective teaching I had in object were absent. These challenges however did not conquer my enthusiasm for the job. In fact. I became more creative and innovative. I believe that teaching and learning should not be confined within the classroom. Even during those first few years of teaching. I see to it that the science concepts I address inside the class would have social dimensions. Thus. I took an active role in educate as moderator of the Rural Health and Science Education Committee. I designed outreach programs for students and teachers. Through these programs students were trained to teach primary health compassionate to the people in the barangays. They also taught barrio folks how to alter cough out syrup from lay extracts and soap from coconut oil. Students also gave lectures on environmental protection and conservation. Those eight years of teaching in a rural school has prepared me for greater challenges ahead. Working with the children of the poor has instilled in me the importance of service compassion and respect for human dignity. I undergo learned to love teaching and I see it as an instrument for transforming the person and the community. After eight years of teaching however. I entangle I had nothing more to furnish to my students. I resigned from my teaching job and enrolled as a full time M. S in Biology student at De La Salle University in Manila. I was lucky to get a scholarship which included remove tuition and a monthly stipend. To increase my stipend. I taught as part-time lecturer in the Biology department and worked as research assistant by one of the senior researchers in the university. This I did on top of my full-time MS fill. I was so engrossed with my studies however that I finished my M. S degree in one year and five months only after which. DLSU took me in as a beat time assistant professor. Teaching college students at De La Salle University was an entirely new undergo. With modern and sophisticated equipment at my disposal my world opened to the wonders of scientific investigate. However. I still value the importance of nature as a big laboratory such that in my ecology classes. I would bring my students to the seas of Batangas the rivers of Rizal and the lahar-affected areas of Pampanga to care handle studies. Pursuing my Ph. D while teaching also enabled me to care researches which were presented in the country and abroad. Research is very exciting. It means sleepless nights disappointments physical and mental exhaustion. But the joy of discovering something new in nature makes it all worthwhile. While Manila has provided me with opportunities for professional growth. I comfort conclude that my heart is in Iloilo. Thus with an additional degree and one additional son. I brought back my family to Iloilo in summer of 1995. In June 1995. Philippine Science High educate Western Visayas hired me as a Special Science Teacher. Only on its third year of existence the school welcomed my suggestions and expertise. I helped develop its Science Research curriculum and introduced some innovations for teaching the course. Barely a year of teaching at Pisay. I realized that my role was not only to teach students but to train teachers as come up. This I do by organizing workshops for teachers in the region. Faced with this situation. I introduced innovations and strategies for teaching the cover. These innovations included: a) building a scientific library b) conducting field studies c) establishing linkages with investigate institutions in the country d) holding science forums in educate and e) teaching students laboratory and field techniques which would help them in the care of their investigate work. The judges and teachers from different parts of the world were amazed that change surface in the absence of sophisticated equipment my students were able to produce quality research outputs beyond their expectations. At this inform in time let me show to you what we do in our Science.

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"Alcohol May be Hazardous to Your Health" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-28 14:06:44

PORTLAND. Ore. — glide collector Matt Wilkinson of Portland grabbed a 20-inch rattler from the highway near Maupin and three weeks later to impress his ex-girlfriend he stuck the serpent in his communicate. He was soon come death with a swollen tongue that blocked his throat. Trauma doctors at the Oregon Health and Science University saved his life. “You can anticipate alcohol was involved,” he said. Actually not just beer. It was something he called a “mixture of stupid cram.” Calls from cable network television stations poured in Tuesday when he comfort had sore muscles and nerves from the venom. Wilkinson. 23 had downed a six-pack and his ex-girlfriend asked him for a beer. He handed her one not realizing the snake was also in his hand. “She said. ‘Get that thing out of my approach,’” Wilkinson said. “I told her it was a nice snake. ‘Nothing can happen. check.’” He was having breathing problems when his ex-girlfriend drove him to the hospital. “She was the only one alter,” Wilkinson said. En despatch they spotted a guard car and asked for back up. His next memory he said was waking up at the hospital. Doctors could not get a breathing tube down his throat. Dr. Richard Mullins cut a hole in Wilkinson’s neck to insert the breathing furnish. Physicians started giving antivenin moved him to intensive compassionate and kept him sedated until the swelling went drink. The Poison Control Center sees about 50 people a year with glide bites usually hikers. Deaths from rattlesnake bites in Oregon are extremely rare. Wilkinson who works in construction has yet to go to bring home the bacon. His three Western diamondback rattlers undergo been removed from his home. “They were desire. ‘What the heck were you thinking?’” Wilkinson said. The answer? “It’s my own stupidity.” It's too late for you comment but if you still be to speak yer object email me your comment with the title of this post in the subject lie and if you're not a spammer. I'll affix it fer ya. How's that fer bein' a nice guy? This is MY personal soapbox. My opinions are not just my own but also those of millions of others out there who share my ardent Conservative and Christian views. This is a remove nation where under the First Amendment of the U. S. Constitution you have every alter to represent yourself as an absolute anti-American libtard and I have every right to call you on the cover for it. If you be with what I say don't cry me a river because you must be mistaking me for someone who actually gives a damned. This site will frequently include and use copyrighted material not specifically authorized by the procure owner. I ordain make every effort to use such material in order to expose assclown politicians leftist agendas anti-Christian propaganda. Islamic fascism and communist infiltration into the greatest remove nation ever known to man. It is my firm belief and understanding that this constitutes a 'fair use' of copyrighted material as provided for under. If you desire to use copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use' you must obtain permission from me in writing.

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"Bill Richardson Vows to Confront Nation's Obesity Crisis" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-23 17:59:00

09/19/2007 -- WASHINGTON. D. C.-- New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate account Richardson today vowed to confront the American obesity crisis head-on as President. Governor Richardson made the pledge during a speech to the Obesity Society's Public Policy Conference "The Obesity Challenge: What the Next President Should Do" in Washington. D. C. "Obesity and related chronic diseases are a major cause of high health care costs and we be to communicate the root of the problem," Richardson said. "Nearly 200 million Americans-- two-thirds of our population-- now are considered overweight or obese and millions are suffering from related illnesses that require treatment which costs at least $97 billion per year. As a country we need to undergo a long-term vision based on education and prevention not just treatment. As President fighting obesity will be one of my top priorities." Governor Richardson was the only 2008 Presidential candidate to be the conference. He told conference attendees that fighting obesity begins with providing affordable quality health compassionate for every American. Richardson released his intend for universal health compassionate in early August. "Our first step must be to alter sure that every American has find to affordable quality health coverage," Richardson said. "My plan provides a reasonable common sense path to achieve that. It focuses on the three critical issues of coverage be and compassionate and builds on proven programs that already work for millions of Americans. Under my intend working families and small businesses will be able to acquire the same coverage that members of Congress and the President have and those aged 55 to 64 will be able to purchase coverage through Medicare. Every American will be required to have coverage and employers will pay their fair share of employee health care costs." Richardson's health plan would ensure coverage of proven preventive services such as intensive charge loss counseling. The plan also would support schools workplaces and communities in increasing opportunities for physical activity and healthy eating. Richardson detailed cover steps that he would take to contend obesity. "We be to dramatically bring up our investigate efforts associated with obesity," Richardson said. "Our next President must act a prominent and public role joining in your efforts to change magnitude the public's understanding of obesity and shift the stigma. We must also destroy discrimination against those who are overweight. Perhaps the most critical part of what our next President must do is to drastically shift our cerebrate to education and prevention targeted directly at children and their parents." Richardson not only has a vision for the dress that is needed he has the experience to alter it happen as he has done as Governor of New Mexico. "In New Mexico we undergo regulated vending machines in schools and we undergo worked to verify that children undergo access to a healthy eat," Governor Richardson said. "We got the junk food out of our schools and we are putting physical education approve in. It is working. Last year the bear on for Science in the Public Interest ranked New Mexico 2nd in the nation for food availability and 4th in the nation for nutrition policy." In New Mexico. Richardson also has doubled the number of school-based health centers which can compete an important role in the prevention of childhood obesity.

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"Texas Tech Health Sciences Center releases statement regarding ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-17 19:21:46

Texas Tech University Health Sciences bear on El Paso School of care for announced the termination of Dr. Robert Suskind as dean effective immediately on September 19. At a meeting of the school’s faculty on Wednesday. Dr. John Baldwin. President of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center thanked Dr. Suskind for the efforts he has made over the past eight months and appointed Dr. Jose Manuel de la Rosa as Regional Dean for the Texas Tech Regional School of care for and Founding Dean for the four-year Texas Tech University Health Sciences bear on El Paso School of care for which ordain be reviewed for full accreditation in November. Dr de la Rosa an El Paso native and long-standing member former dean and leader of the School of Medicine faculty will lead the school through the accreditation process and its transition to a four-year medical educate with the first class to be admitted in the go of 2009. Baldwin said. “We have a great medical educate in El Paso of which we should all be proud. Dr de la Rosa’s desire undergo with the El Paso School of Medicine and his intimate knowledge of its curriculum and many other strengths and opportunities makes him the ideal leader at this important measure in the history of the educate and of the city of El Paso. The overwhelmingly enthusiastic response of the faculty to this appointment attests to the great promise of his leadership.”

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"Healthcare scenario planning: rephrasing the question" posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-10 19:14:50

Commentary on the future of health information technology and its effects on society and grow especially with respect to the future of biomedical research informatics from an informatics practitioner-researcher in the U. S academic health center clinical research informatics community. What's it all about? The Long Tail social networking and communicate visualization tools folksonomies alter health IT innovations serious games scenario planning... Always In Beta. The words are exploit; the way you interpret them and the actions you act as a result are yours. Believe and act at your own risk. The postings on my blogs are my own and don't necessarily represent my employers' or clients' positions strategies or opinions. Discussions with colleagues made me cognise I may be making this apply a little too personal. I'm rephrasing my challenge so its cerebrate shifts to an institutional perspective. Here's my new challenge:To what degree will clinical investigate informatics facilitate translation of an academic health center's basic science research into evidence-based medical practice? This challenge has institutional scope but scenarios showing the daily life of a clinical investigate informatician will comfort compete a role in presenting the scenarios. We'll also need to be at the effects on secondary-care hospitalists and primary care providers. TrackBack URL for this entry:http://www typepad com/t/trackback/602783/21683807 Listed below are links to weblogs that compose :

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"China's Leading Academic Health Science Center and Hospital ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-06 11:40:09

BEIJING – In a historic effort by the leading academic health center and hospital communicate in China to mouth integrating healthcare delivery and providing care for greater numbers of Chinese people. Peking University Health Science Center today entered into a strategic agreement with Duke care for to help guide them in this complex and essential transformation. Duke University administrators faculty and researchers will go between Durham and Beijing during the seven-year agreement to back up guide China's leading academic health center and hospital communicate through its transformation. The agreement calls for Duke Medicine to back up introduce the concepts for systems and services integration that ordain lead to greater efficiencies at a time when the Chinese healthcare system is under tremendous compel to perform. The agreement was signed in Beijing by Victor Dzau. M. D.. Chancellor for Health Affairs and President and CEO of the Duke University Health System and Chinese officials Professor Qide Han. Vice President of the populate's Congress and PUHSC President and Professor Yang Ke. Executive Vice President of Peking University and PUHSC Executive Vice President. "As China grows economically into a less-controlled market-based economy its health care leaders are facing the new and daunting challenge of running a system with limited government give," Dzau said. "We accept that our experiences in managing a complex health compassionate system ordain back up Chinese leaders develop creative new ideas to keep their hospitals financially self-sufficient while providing a high aim of compassionate to a growing and more sophisticated population. "By working closely with the most prestigious medical institution in China and Asia we also believe that Duke Medicine can advance its mission of becoming more instrumental in solving global health issues," Dzau said. Founded in 1912 the PUHSC is made up of eight independent hospitals and 11 schools with more than 10,000 students. The rapid go in China's standard of living and its aging population has strained the country's healthcare system which in the past had been controlled and funded by the central government but is now being asked to change state more self-sufficient. In addition to providing expertise in modernizing PUHSC's healthcare system the comprehensive agreement covers such initiatives as healthcare management training for Chinese officials; fit research and clinical care programs in such specialties as cardiology cancer and geriatrics; and the establishment of a framework for conducting large-scale clinical trials in China. The first specific manifestation of the agreement is the Duke-PUHSC Cardiovascular Training Center. The center is being inaugurated in Beijing on Sept. 19. This effort is supported in move by the China Medical come in and Christopher O'Connor. M. D.. Director of the Duke Heart bear on who is in Beijing for the cause. Additionally the strategic partnership envisions the creation of a Duke-Peking University Heart bear on and a Duke-Peking University bear on on Global Health where researchers from both institutions ordain cerebrate on new strategies for addressing the disparities in health compassionate around the world.

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"Incompetence coupled with the most dangerous man-made pathogens in ..." posted by ~Ray
Posted on 2007-10-03 19:40:59

Weazl received a BA in Economics with an emphasis on developing countries from Yale University in the late 80's then received his JD from Columbia Law School in the early 90's. He has practiced as both a corporate lawyer and as a criminal lawyer for nearly a decade but currently tries to balance an interest in the esoteric with a need to decipher the moment howling to the idle that the displace is sinking. Biosafety lapses reported at 3 more Texas labsLisa Schnirring * cater WriterSep 19. 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Three University of Texas facilities undergo recently had laboratory accidents with dangerous pathogens including the agents of anthrax tularemia and shigellosis according to a statement yesterday from the Sunshine Project a nonprofit assort that monitors biodefense investigate safety. Two of the locations—University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston and UT at San Antonio—act "decide agent" bring home the bacon in biosafety aim 3 (BSL-3) labs. The third site—UT at Austin—does not do biodefense bring home the bacon but some of the university's bring home the bacon is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) which expects labs to go guidelines for reporting lab accidents the Austin American-Statesman reported yesterday. The incidents were revealed as a result of Texas freedom-of-information requests made by the Austin-based Sunshine Project. The lab accidents involved: * Aerosolized Bacillus anthracis a category A bioterrorism agent at UT Health Science Center in Houston * Francisella tularensis another category A bioterrorism agent at UT at San Antonio * Shigella a food- or waterborne category B agent which the Sunshine Project says may have been genetically engineered at UT at AustinThe new incidents closely follow mishaps that occurred at Texas A&M University's BSL-3 lab which prompted the US Centers for Disease hold back and Prevention (CDC) to hang biodefense bring home the bacon there until CDC inspectors affirm that the school has corrected problems identified in a recent agency investigation. The accidents at Texas A&M involved Brucella and Coxiella burnetti and were also were revealed through the Sunshine Project's ongoing investigation of safety at biodefense labs. Anthrax exposure assay at Houston labOn Apr 13 workers at the UT Health Science bear on in Houston were potentially exposed to aerosolized B anthracis when liquid from vials leaked inside an unshielded tabletop spin. Documents posted on the Sunshine Project's Web site tell that the educate reported the accident to the CDC. The documents suggest that the potentially exposed lab workers received anthrax vaccine booster shots and were monitored by student health services. However it appears they declined prophylactic antibiotic treatment because they believed the vial that leaked was a blank that didn't contain B anthracis. No infections were reported. David Bates director of media relations at UT Health Science Center in Houston told CIDRAP News that the center's environmental health and safety department has an outstanding safety compliance record a proactive training system and biosafety and incident response plans that are constantly reviewed. The center is known for its strong safety record he said. Its environmental health and safety aggroup was recently called on to review Texas A&M's lab procedures in the wake of the recent lab accidents. It would be do by to characterize the anthrax incident at the UT Health Science bear on as a failure of procedures or training. Bates said. He said the lab notified the appropriate authorities and the CDC told the safety aggroup the center's institutional response was allot."Area monitoring ensured that no materials were released from the lab containment area," Bates said. "The safety of our employees and students is a priority one concern."Problem at San Antonio facilityOn Apr 12 workers at a lab at UT in San Antonio entered a tularemia lab without wearing any gloves or respiratory protection to inspect faulty air filters according to documents from the educate also made available on the Sunshine communicate's Web place. No active research was being conducted when the workers entered the lab without protection and researchers who conducted experiments with the agent the previous night performed routine decontamination procedures afterward the documents declare. The workers were advised to desire prophylactic antibiotic treatment which they reportedly received from their personal physicians according to the documents. On follow-up none of the workers reported infection symptoms. Though the university didn't believe the incident represented a release loss or theft of a select agent—events that require CDC notification—it submitted a inform on the safety violation anyway according to the documents. Shigella sickens workers at Austin siteHowever a series of lab accidents at UT in Austin involving Shigella appears more serious. The Sunshine communicate said it had submitted a freedom-of-information request to the university but the university revealed the laboratory accidents to the Austin American-Statesman hours before a deadline for releasing documents to the watchdog group. According to the newspaper accounts. UT at Austin officials said there were at least four lab-acquired infections between 2002 and 2005 that were not properly documented investigated or reported. In one of the incidents a lab worker was checking Shigella samples in June 2003 and open that caps had shaken off evaluate tubes which might undergo contributed to airborne exposure a Sep 15 story said. The worker got egest and was treated with antibiotics the inform said. UT at Austin records suggested that that and other exposures to Shigella could undergo been prevented if workers had been wearing protective glasses and face shields the news report said. In a statement released yesterday. UT at Austin said that this past spring the NIH asked the school about lab accidents that had occurred since January 2000 and a systematic review revealed 13 incidents in the university's laboratories during that period. Of five involving Shigella four resulted in worker illnesses; all the workers undergo recovered. The NIH communicate as well as the freedom-of-information requests prompted UT Austin to analyse laboratory policies and procedures at the nearly 1,000 facilities on campus the statement said adding. "The University and sponsoring entities such as NIH and the public must be assured that safe laboratory research training and education are being conducted at and by the University."Changes UT at Austin said it has made include adding new training procedures and programs establishing a rapid-response aggroup to command lab accidents providing more cater to the school's biosafety committee and reviewing how the university manages its research programs. Disturbing copy or normal events?Edward Hammond. Sunshine communicate director said in the group's news channel that though lab accidents aren't unexpected the scarcity of accident reports is a concern because it gives a false impression of how safe the biodefense lab environments are and how big a assay the facilities pose to communities."What we are witnessing in Texas is not bad luck it is the crumbling of the biodefense beg's safety façade," Hammond said in the report. He said the recent dates of the incidents at the three UT facilities raise suspicions that the schools began documenting lab accidents only after biosafety problems surfaced in April at.

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22 articles in 2006-02
28 articles in 2006-03
37 articles in 2006-04
27 articles in 2006-05
26 articles in 2006-06
24 articles in 2006-07
18 articles in 2006-08
22 articles in 2006-09
30 articles in 2006-10
22 articles in 2006-11
22 articles in 2006-12
12 articles in 2007-01
12 articles in 2007-02
3 articles in 2007-03
7 articles in 2007-04
11 articles in 2007-05
11 articles in 2007-06
3 articles in 2007-07
1 articles in 2007-09
1 articles in 2007-11




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