September / October 2015
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Contents
features
The Quest for Blood
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12
Maintaining a healthy blood supply
in Baton Rouge
Stalking the
Superbug
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20
Hospitals adopt strategies to reduce
antibiotic resistant infections
Cat Scratch Fever?
Really?
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28
Cats, fleas, and the many faces
of Bartonellosis
Stuck in the Middle
with You
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36
Louisiana weighs Medicaid
expansion, loss of funding
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28
Departments
Editor’s Desk
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10
Healthcare Briefs
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45
Hospital Rounds
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59
Ad Index
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66
Correspondents
Quality
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52
Nursing
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54
Secretary’s Corner
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56
Research
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58
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