As of October 1, 2012, all firms that manufacture human generic drugs will need to pay user fees to FDA. User fees are fees paid by industry to FDA to help FDA review manufacturers’ products in a timely manner. FDA has issued a number of documents to answer anticipated questions from industry about the program’s requirements and details regarding implementation. These documents also highlight preparatory steps human generic drug manufacturers will need to complete to be in compliance with this new legislation.
Contact precautions, including gloves, gowns, and isolated rooms, have helped stem the transmission of hospital pathogens but have also had some negative consequences, according to findings from a new study. Healthcare worker (HCWs) visited patients on contact precautions less frequently than other patients and spent less time with those patients when they did visit, report Daniel J. Morgan, MD, from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs (VA) Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, and colleagues. Moreover, patients on contact precautions also received fewer outside visitors. "Less contact with HCWs suggests that other unintended consequences of contact precautions still exist," Dr. Morgan and coauthors write. "The resulting decrease in HCW contact may lead to increased adverse events and a lower quality of patient care due to less consistent patient monitoring and poorer adherence to standard adverse event prevention methods (such...
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