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Respironics Issues North American Recall Of SmartMonitor(R)2 Infant Apnea Monitor
Respironics announced today that it has voluntarily recalled 4,992 infant apnea monitors. This recall of the SmartMonitor®2 models 4002 and 4003 is being conducted due to the possibility of an audible alarm failure. Caregivers or parents who are using a SmartMonitor 2 Infant Apnea Monitor for their infant, should contact their homecare provider immediately to determine if their device is affected. However, they should continue using the apnea monitor until it is replaced, unless directed otherwise by a physician.
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House Passes Spending Bill; Amendment To Block Removal Of Needle Exchange Funding Ban Defeated
The House on Friday passed a $730.5 billion bill (HR 3293) "to fund health, education and labor programs in fiscal 2010 after narrowly defeating an attempt to strip language that would lift the ban on federal needle exchange programs," in the U.S., CQ Today reports (Wolfe, 7/24). Lawmakers voted 211-218 to reject an amendment by Mark Souder (R-Ind.) that sought to keep the ban in place, the AP/Lewiston Sun Journal reports (Taylor, 7/25). The bill that passed includes a restriction against using federal funds for needle exchanges within 1,000 feet of day care centers, schools, parks, playgrounds, pools and youth centers, the Washington Post reports.
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Aged Care Nursing Staff Yet Again 'Short-Changed', Australia

Australia"s aged care workers have been "short-changed" by today"s decision by the Fair Pay Commission to put a freeze on minimum wages, the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) said today. The Fair Pay Commission ruled today that the minimum wage would remain unchanged at $543.78 a week. Pay and classification scales will remain at $14.31 an hour. The ANF"s assistant federal secretary, Lee Thomas, said nursing staff had been left disappointed by the Fair Pay Commission"s ruling. "Our hard working nursing staff, particularly those working in the aged care sector have been short-changed by this decision," Ms Thomas said today. "Our aged care nursing staff are among the lowest paid in the country - on average they are being paid up to $300 a week less than their colleagues in the public hospital system." Ms Thomas said the wage gap between aged care nursing staff and nurses working in other areas was one of the key objectives of its current national political and media campaign, Because We Care, which calls for major reform in the aged care sector. The objectives include: - The right balance of skills and nursing hours so that nursing and care staff can provide quality care for every resident. - Fair pay for aged care nurses and care staff who are paid up to $300 per week less than nurses in other sectors. - Recognition of the professional skills of Assistants in Nursing and care staff through a national licensing system. - A guarantee that taxpayer funding is used for nursing and personal care for each resident. Australian Nursing Federation


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