Centers for Special Surgery of Essex County in Roseland, N.J., became a double accredited ASC.
Here are five key notes:
1. The American Association of Accreditation for Ambulatory Surgical Facilities and the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care both certified the surgery center.
2. The center is now the first double accredited facility of its kind in the state.
3. The AAAASF certifies surgery centers based on exemplary patient safety.
4. The AAAHC considers patient safety, quality care and value when certifying surgery centers.
5. Centers for Special Surgery of Essex County is a multispecialty surgery center, with five operating rooms and one procedure room. It provides gastroenterology, neurological and spine surgery, plastic surgery, anesthesiology, pain management, chiropractic and general surgery.