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CMO Update 29
A communication to all doctors from the Chief Medical Officer (February 2001)
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Last modified date:9 February 2007
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Gateway reference:2001
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Series number:CMO Update 29
CMO's Update is a newsletter sent by the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health to all doctors in England. It will incorporate some topics that might otherwise have required an individual letter, progress reports on earlier letters, and other information from the Department of Health that should be of interest to practising doctors.
Contents
- Manual of cancer standards
- New guidance on gene therapy research
- Accreditation scheme for tissue banks
- Defibrillators in public places
- Good practice in breast and cervical screening for women with learning disabilities
- Vitamin K for new-born babies - to prevent deficiency bleeding
- Teenage pregnancy
- The diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy
- Wider availability of emergency contraception
- Introduction of single use instruments for tonsil surgery: precautionary measures against variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
- Guidelines for the prevention and control of hospital acquired infection
- Unusual disease diagnosis
- Infectious intestinal disease report
- NICE appraisal of combination therapy for the treatment of Hepatitis C
- Job retention and rehabilitation pilots
- Gulf veterans' illnesses: information pack
- Medicines management in primary and secondary care
- Prescription of statins
- What's new on the DH website
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