1. Patient Safety Concerns Force New York Hospital to Stop Accepting New Patients. 

2. Patient Safety Tool: Universal Protocol Poster From Joint Commission.

3. Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert on Radiation Risks of Diagnostic Imaging.

4. Dallas' Parkland Memorial Sent Letters to OB/GYN Patients, Warning of Possible Contact With Dirty Instruments.

5. Less Than One Week Left for Early Registration Discounts for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference (Oct. 27-29, 2011; Chicago). 90 Sessions, 132 Speakers. Less than 175 spots left. Register today! 

6. Patient Safety Tools: 10 Influenza Posters From the Department of Veteran Affairs.

7. Preventing Infection in the Hemodialysis Setting. Written by Gwenda Felizardo of Group Health Cooperative and Sue Barnes of Kaiser Permanente.

8. Best Practices to Keep Your Instruments Moist.  Written by By Matt Smith of Healthmark Industries Co.

9. Excela Hospital in Pennsylvania Cited for Untimely Patient Death Reports.

10. Study: Nearly 17% of Ambulatory Oncology Nurses Exposed to Chemotherapy.

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