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Preventing Unintentional Medication Overdoses in Children
Author – Dan Budnitz, MD, MPH, CAPT, USPHS Director, Medication Safety Program CDC Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion Did you know that every year more than 70,000 children are brought to emergency departments (EDs) for medication overdoses? In fact, in 2009, one in every 151 two-year-olds was brought to an ED for an unintentional medication Read More >
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Delivering the 2010 Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Disease Prevention Guidelines
Author — Denise J. Jamieson, M.D. Medical Officer CDC’s Division of Reproductive Health As an obstetrician-gynecologist who practices at Grady, a large urban teaching hospital in Atlanta, I often have the opportunity to witness how guidance developed at CDC is translated into clinical practice. For example, in my role as a CDC medical officer, I Read More >
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