Six Things You Can Do To Prepare For The Coming Pandemic
A recent survey showed that 60 of American businesses were not ready for the coming Avian Influenza pandemic. However, 73 said they wanted to get ready, but weren t sure what to do. Here then, is a starter list of six things you should include in your business preparedness plan. Absenteeism will be high due to illness or refusal to come to the workplace out of fear. Gather your key employees in accounting, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and management and develop a work-from-home strategy. Offer your employees who must come into the plant a safe environment. Hire a sterilization team to scrub the plant s exposed surfaces every day. A bleach water solution will kill all pathogens in the workplace. Be sure to have plenty of NanoMasks and Nanofilters on hand for each employee. Bring in portable, commercial grade UV air filters and place them around work areas. When this pandemic hits, hospitals will be overwhelmed and understaffed. Victims of H5N1 must be started on antivirals immediately. A mobile clinic parked outside your office building, or a designated emergency treatment area within your plant will promote confidence. There isn t going to...
June 20, 2009 by Mark
Medical Procedures Used In Gall Bladder Surgery
The gall bladder is a pear-shaped organ that has an important role in the digestion of fat. The liver produces bile and the gall bladder stores it, releasing it when partially digested food is absorbed inside the small intestine. Gall bladder disease mostly occurs due to formation of gallstones inside the gall bladder. Gallstones are formed from cholesterol, calcium and bile salts. When they grow in size, they block the bile ducts and obstruct the normal release of bile. Gallstones are difficult to eliminate and in large amounts they can cause inflammation, swelling and even infection of the gall bladder. In serious forms of gall bladder disease, immediate surgery is required in order to prevent the occurrence of complications. After the gall bladder is surgically removed, the process of digestion is slowed down, as the liver has to produce more bile when food enters the stomach and small intestine. Due to this fact, gall bladder surgery is recommended mostly to people who suffer from serious forms of gall bladder disease. Gall bladder surgery is considered to be the last resort in the treatment for gall bladder disease and it is performed only...
April 22, 2009 by Henriette
Protecting Against Serious Chemotherapy Side Effect
Every year, approximately 1.3 million cancer patients in the United States receive chemotherapy, the use of drugs that destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy works by seeking out and attacking fast growing cells. As a result, healthy cells, including developing blood cells, are also killed, which can cause significant unwanted side effects for patients. What many patients don t know is that they can protect themselves from neutropenia, one of the most serious side effects of chemotherapy. Neutropenia is a shortage of infection-fighting white blood cells. Febrile neutropenia low white blood cell count with fever is one of the most common symptoms of infection in patients receiving strong chemotherapy. Complications associated with a low white blood cell count can delay a patient s chemotherapy or keep them from getting a full dose of chemotherapy. Such delays and dose reductions can make chemotherapy less effective. With sufficient white blood cells, patients have a better chance of adhering to their chemotherapy schedule and maintaining their full dose, which gives them the best opportunity for a successful treatment, said Dr. of medicine at...
February 21, 2009 by Jeannette
Banish Bathroom Clutter In Four Easy Steps
From jumbled vanities to overflowing medicine cabinets, the bathroom can become the most cluttered room in the house. But with a few creative organizing strategies and innovative decorating techniques, you can transform your bathroom into the open and tranquil sanctuary it should be. Out with the old and in with the new. If a bath product has hardened or changed color, it s time to get rid of it. Replace with new scented soaps and fragrant candles to enhance your bathroom atmosphere. Look to the walls. Free up valuable counter space by using wall space more effectively. Incorporating decorative bath accessories such as shelves, robe hooks and towel rings are great ways to keep counters neat and tidy. What s in your medicine cabinet. Take an inventory of your medicine cabinet and toss all expired medications. Arrange small items such as bandages, pill boxes and razors by using clear storage boxes. That way, they will always be organized and easy to find. Tidy up the bath and shower. Getting rid of that unsightly, rusty shower caddy and keeping shampoo bottles off the tub s surface is easier than you might think. The Sterling Stor-ganize bath and...
December 14, 2008 by Shayna
What Is A Habit? And How Can I Benefit From It...
What is a habit. Many of you have probably ask this question. Well, is very simple, a habit is something you do so often it becomes easy. Basically, it s a behavior that you keep repeating. If you persist on at developing a new behavior, eventually it becomes automatic. Put it this way, If you learn to drive a car with a standard transmission, at first you are probably somewhat nervous right. you ve never done it. One of the biggest challenges is trying to coordinate the clutch and the gas pedal, so you can have a smooth gear change otherwise, you ll look like APOLLO 13, Houston, we ve got a problem. However, after some practice, it becomes part of you and you don t think about it anymore. Now, you have people driving standard transmission, on the phone, changing the radio or picking a different CD, Women putting some make up on and now it s easy to do all that right?. Well for some people By the way, it s not safe. Try not to do it if you do. So now it became a habit right. So what is with all this stuff. The same way you d learned how to drive, and develop that habit, you can also change bad habits. It only takes 21 days to develop a new...
October 20, 2008 by Stacy