Did you know that:The 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) reported Infections acquired during hospital care (nosocomial infections) are one of the most serious patient safety concerns. They are the most common complication of hospital care. An estimated 1.7 million Health Associated Infections (HAIs) occur each year in hospitals, leading to about 100,000 deaths. The most common infections are urinary tract, surgical site, and bloodstream infections.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Did you know that:The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) applies to enterprises with employees who engage in interstate commerce, produce goods for interstate commerce, or handle, sell, or work on goods or materials that have been moved in or produced for interstate commerce. For most firms, a test of not less than $500,000 in annual dollar volume of business applies (i.e., the Act does not cover enterprises with less than this amount of business).
(Department of Labor)
Did you know that:The 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) reported Wound infection following surgery is a common Health Associated Infections (HAIs). Hospitals can reduce the risk of surgical site infection by making sure patients get the right antibiotics at the right time on the day of their surgery. Surgery patients who get antibiotics within the hour before their operation are less likely to get wound infections than those who do not.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Did you know that:The 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) reported that the annual rate of adverse drug reactions for hospitalized patients was estimated to be between 2.9% and 3.7%.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Did you know that:The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers domestic service workers, such as day workers, housekeepers, chauffeurs, cooks, or full‑time babysitters, if they receive at least $1,700 in 2009 in cash wages from one employer in a calendar year, or if they work a total of more than eight hours a week for one or more employers.
(Department of Labor)
Did you know that:Percentage of children under 18 years of age living with mother only (2002): 23%
(Divorce Magazine)
Did you know that:The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers the following regardless of their dollar volume of business: hospitals; institutions primarily engaged in the care of the sick, aged, mentally ill, or disabled who reside on the premises; schools for children who are mentally or physically disabled or gifted; preschools, elementary and secondary schools, and institutions of higher education; and federal, state, and local government agencies.
(Department of Labor)
Did you know that:The 2010 National Healthcare Disparities Report (NHDR) reported that for the latest year in which data is available (1999 est) that there were between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans who die annually from medical errors and that the costs associated with these errors were estimated to be $19.5 billion in 2008 with $1.5 billion of those costs being attributable to surgical errors.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
Did you know that:Executive, administrative, and professional employees (including teachers and academic administrative personnel in elementary and secondary schools), outside sales employees, and certain skilled computer professionals (as defined in the Department of Labor's regulations) are examples of employees exempt from both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
(Department of Labor)
Did you know that:Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Employees of firms that do not meet the $500,000 annual dollar volume test may be covered in any workweek when they are individually engaged in interstate commerce, the production of goods for interstate commerce, or an activity that is closely related and directly essential to the production of such goods.
(Department of Labor)
