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The NIH Clinical Center, America’s research hospital, has launched a new YouTube channel, NIHClinicalCenter. Videos will showcase the Clinical Center’s innovative scientific studies, programs, and people.  Visit: www.youtube.com/user/NIHClinicalCenter [disclaimer].

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Emergency department use among adults with disabilities Collaborative Research at the NIH Clinical Center
Elizabeth Rasch, Ph.D., chief of the Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section in the NIH Clinical Center's Rehabilitation Medicine Department, talks about a study that showed working-age adults with disabilities accounted for a disproportionate amount of annual emergency department visits. Read the press release at http://www.nih.gov/news/health/jan2013/cc-02.htm. The Clinical Center has launched a new website that illustrates the hospital's special research resources and outlines the next steps for extramural researchers interested in working with NIH intramural investigators. www.cc.nih.gov/translational-research-resources/index.html
Clinical Center hosts first hand hygiene awareness day NIH Harmonizes Over Hand Hygiene
The NIH Clinical Center hosted its first Hand Hygiene Awareness day on May 23, 2012. The event was designed to educate and emphasize the proper use of hand washing and hand sanitizer, which can be found throughout the hospital. Use two pumps of sanitizer and rub thoroughly for 20 seconds. The NIH Clinical Center hosted its first Hand Hygiene Awareness Day May 23, 2012, an event centered around educating staff, patients, and visitors about hand sanitation and safety. Well known for his musical talents, NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins organized the debut of a new group for the occasion, the Soap Sud Doo Whoppers. The group included Dr. David Henderson, Dr. Melinda Merchant, Lori Wiener, John Burklow, Carol Levinson, Nicole Plass, and Chauncey Buford.

 

The NIH Clinical Center - 2011 Lasker Award Recipient

Each year a few discoveries are singled out from the thousands of basic and clinical research advances for the Lasker Award. Here, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation explains by the NIH Clinical Center earns the 2011 Lasker~Bloomberg Award.

 

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