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Subject: 10 Things to Know About Waste Mgmt & Preventing SSIs | Falls Prevention Checklist | KS Hosp Fined for Failure to Properly Discard Hazardous Waste | Overview of Quality Reporting in ASCs
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News & Analysis
Aug. 18, 2011

1. 10 Things to Know About Waste Management and Preventing Surgical Site Infections. Click Here

2. Patient Safety Tool: Falls Prevention Checklist From CNA HealthPro. Click Here

3. VA Hospital in Kansas Fined for Failure to Properly Discard Hazardous Waste, Containers. Click Here

4. Overview of Quality Reporting in Surgery Centers: Q&A With ASC Donna Slosburg of the ASC Quality Collaboration. Click Here

5. Less Than 200 Spots Left and Early Registration Discounts End Sept. 1 for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers. Learn more and register today! Click Here

6. Staff Education Tool: Computer-Based, Video-Simulation Training Program on Infection Control Practices From HHS. Click Here

7. Four Patients Become Victims of Contaminated Shots at Tennessee VA Facility. Click Here

8. 3 Physicians Come Clean About Medical Errors to Change Culture of Blame. Click Here

9. Patient Safety Tool: "Check Your Medicines" Checklist Poster. Click Here

10. Study: OR Tissue Recovery Protocols Essential for Patient Safety. Click Here

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