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    Archives for: October 2005

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    Next week's Grand Rounds here at hospital impact

    October 18th, 2005

    This week's Grand Rounds are up at Diabetes Mine, maybe the best patient blog on the web.

    Next week, Grand Rounds will be right here at hospital impact! Please email submissions to me at tony[at]hospitalimpact[dot]org by Monday night 11:59 EST, October 24.

    Archives of previous Grand Rounds can be found here on Blogborygmi. For a list of submission guidelines, click here.

    For those that are new, Grand Rounds is the weekly wrap-up of the best entries in the medical/healthcare blogosphere. Check out a few in the archive and you'll see a little bit of everything: patient stories (funny and scary), healthcare policy musings, health trends, patient/physician relationship mishaps and heroics, and the works.

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    Hospital facilities built today do not include asbestos, but many older buildings still have asbestos components in them. Steam pipes, boilers and furnace ducts were often insulated with an asbestos blanket or asbestos paper tape because of their fireproof and insulating properties. Resilient floor tiles were made from vinyl asbestos. Asbestos cement was employed in roofing, shingles and siding materials. The hazard of this carcinogen increases when the fibers become airborne, and untrained contractors can inadvertently increase risks by cutting, tearing, sawing, scraping, or sanding asbestos materials. Elevated asbestos levels can occur in hospitals where old materials are damaged or disturbed. It is best to leave undamaged asbestos material alone if it is not likely to be disturbed. Inhaling asbestos fibers is known to cause mesothelioma and other diseases. Be sure to use an experienced asbestos removal contractor when you need to get rid of old materials that might contain asbestos.