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  • HOW TO GET QUALITY H2O IN THE FIELD

    The problem of "Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" can apply as much to deployed troops cut off from their pure water supply as it did to the ancient mariner stranded at sea in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's beloved poem.Clean water is critical to military operations, used in everything

  • HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AIMS TO REDUCE MEDICAL ERRORS

    The Defense Department has trained thousands of military health care providers to employ a quality management system that's designed to minimize human errors in hospital operating and delivery rooms, a senior defense official said Jan. 11.The Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and

  • AAFES RESTRICTS PURCHASE OF MEDICINES CONTAINING DEXTROMETHORPHAN

    Dextromethorphan is a common cough-suppressing ingredient contained in more than 140 over-the-counter cough and cold medicines. When taken as directed and used properly, DXM is safe, but recent media reports and research indicate abuse of DXM is becoming more of an issue than previously

  • AAFES DISPENSES FUEL PUMP SAFETY

    A military service member goes to the gas pump to fill two five-gallon containers, and puts them in the trunk while running errands. After parking at the Ft. Leonard Wood hospital, the car burst into flames. By the time the fire and smoke cleared from the June 5 explosion, 10 vehicles were

  • Notebook Safety Hits Hot Button with Military Shoppers

    In the past six months, four Army & Air Force Exchange Service electronic suppliers have issued recalls on notebook computer batteries. Furthermore, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is aware of at least 47 incidents involving smoke or fire associated with notebook computers, from January