Hospitals face legal dilemma if they test incapacitated patients after needle accidents

Anaesthetists are calling for greater clarity on the legal implications of testing incapacitated patients for blood-borne viruses, after a survey found that this is often done following staff needlestick injuries, in possible breach of UK legislation.

Nation's leading ID experts call for mandatory flu vaccine for all health-care personnel

Influenza vaccination of healthcare personnel is a professional and ethical responsibility and non-compliance with healthcare facility policies regarding vaccination should not be tolerated, according to a position paper released today by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA). The paper, published in this month's Infection Control and Healthcare Epidemiology journal and ...

Mozilla unveils alpha browser for Android

Mozilla released an alpha version of its mobile browser for smartphones running Google's Android operating system.

New Firefox 4 beta unveils tab manager, sync

Mozilla has launched the fourth Firefox 4 beta, just a few weeks before Microsoft is slated to unveil Internet Explorer 9.

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