1. 10 HIPAA violations practices should avoid
MDLinx outlined 10 common HIPAA violations and the steps practices can take to prevent them, including how to safely handle patient medical records.
2. Study identifies areas of safe injection practice improvement for ASCs, primary care providers
Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control detailed areas ASCs should target to improve safe injection practices. Researchers studied compliance with national safe injection guidelines, including aseptic techniques, disposal of single-use medications and medication storage and disposal.
3. The key ways ASCs can reduce surgical site infections
ASC Focus, the journal of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, outlined three ways ASCs can prevent and reduce surgical site infections.
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