ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

Quality improvement is never done. The process requires dedication to excellence, attention to detail, great recordkeeping and employee willingness to take on new responsibilities and adhere to new policies. The following are three innovative quality improvement initiatives from ASCs striving…

The following drug recalls have occurred so far in 2014:

Provo-based Utah Surgical Arts has been reaccredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a report from the Herald Extra.

Time-outs are vital to ensuring surgical patient, procedure and site accuracy, among other factors. The success of the time-out depends on organization before the fact. The following are five steps to improve the quality of time-outs when they occur, from…

In response to a request from the Food and Drug Administration, Temple, Texas-based compounding pharmacy Unique Pharmaceuticals has issued a voluntary recall for all unexpired, sterile products, according to a report from Pharmacy Practice News.

The application portal for the National Quality Forum's John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Award will open August 1 and will remain open until the last day of September.

Here are four tips for preparing for Joint Commission accreditation surveys at ambulatory surgery centers.

All ambulatory surgery centers have policies for infection control, but those policies do not always come together to create a unified plan. Here are four tips on creating a cohesive infection control program from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health…

This is a follow up to an article originally published in June 12, 2013Over the last two-and-a-half years I have done a great deal of research into the responsibilities ASC nurses have with keeping up on their accreditation requirements. I…

The following are seven patient safety findings and resources published recently on Becker's Infection Control & Clinical Quality that address the safety of both general and surgical patient populations.