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FDA Approves VITROS(R) Anti-HCV Assay For Use On VITROS 5600(R) Integrated And VITROS 3600(R) Immunodiagnostic Systems
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the VITROS((R)) Anti-HCV assay for use on the VITROS 5600((R)) Integrated and 3600((R)) Immunodiagnostic Systems. This approval marks a major milestone in the successful launches of Ortho Clinical Diagnostics" clinical laboratory testing platforms, and enables the consolidation of hepatitis C testing with routine assays on the VITROS((R)) 5600 Integrated System.
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When It Comes To Your Eyes, Make It Home Safe Home
Home remains the likeliest place to suffer an eye injury, according to a survey conducted by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy) and the American Society of Ocular Trauma (ASOT). The annual Eye Injury Snapshot, a clinical survey of eye injuries across the U.S., conducted from May 17 to May 24 this year, found that nearly half (47.6 percent) of the 2.5 million eye injuries that Americans suffer annually now happen in and around the home in common places like the lawn, garden, kitchen or garage.
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New American Medical Association And Microsoft Collaboration To Enhance Patient-Physician Communication
The American Medical Association (AMA) announced it is working with Microsoft to better connect patients with their physicians. Patients and their physicians will be able to exchange vital health care information by connecting through Microsoft"s HealthVault, a platform developed by Microsoft to store and maintain health and fitness information. Through this collaboration physicians will be able to access self reported patient health information at the point of care, while enabling patients to access vital information that has been entered through the physician"s office.
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Revealed: Priority Groups For Swine Flu Vaccination, UK

NHS staff will be vaccinated first in the Government"s swine flu vaccination campaign, followed by pregnant women, young children and adults with chronic illnesses, Pulse can exclusively reveal. Pulse has learned from a senior Government adviser that a "pecking order" has been drawn up for vaccination. Everyone in the UK will be vaccinated eventually, but priority is set to be given in the following order: - Healthcare professionals - Pregnant women - All children under five - Adults aged under 65 with a chronic illness - All young people aged under 18 - All other patients not in the categories above The told Pulse: "The priorities for vaccination are a big priority for the Department of Health. It"s almost certain that GPs and healthcare professionals will be vaccinated first, because you"ve got to keep your workforce going. "After that, at-risk groups will be vaccinated. This will mean pregnant women, because there seems to be a suggestion that they are at specific risk. "The remaining groups will be all children under five, those aged under 65 with a chronic illness, and then under 18s. "That"s the tentative pecking order. Older people are not a priority group for the swine flu vaccination as it seems that everybody born before 1958 might have been already exposed to this H1N1 swine flu virus." BMA negotiators are still locked in discussions with the DH over exactly how the vaccination campaign will be run, and how it will be financed. Dr Richard Vautrey, deputy chair of the BMA"s GP committee, told Pulse: "The ÷£7.51 GPs are currently paid [for flu vaccination] is part of a package of financial arrangements to run the practice. Swine flu is completely different, likely to cover different groups than the seasonal flu campaign and will have a completely different order of magnitude, so will require extra res. That"s what we are trying to negotiate." Richard Hoey, editor of Pulse, said: "The priority groups plans planned are almost a mirror image of those for the seasonal flu campaign, and that"s going to cause GPs a real headache. "The big flu vaccine clinics that GPs run are largely aimed at the over-65s, but they are specifically identified as a low-priority group for swine flu vaccination, so it is going to be much more difficult for practices to run the two campaigns side by side." PULSE


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