ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following article is written by Stephen Lober, MD, director of research and development, and Sean Berry, MPA, RN, CNO, clinical director, for OP-marks. The surgical time out is now a standard component of the Universal Protocol for the prevention…

The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued several proposed changes for hospital licensing, including the addition of a 72-hour deadline for signing telephone orders.

The New Jersey Legislature has approved a bill that would require licensing for one-operating room surgery centers, according to a NJ Spotlight report.

The Safe Surgery 2015 initiative partnered with the South Carolina Hospital Association to ensure a modified version of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist will be used in every operating room in South Carolina by the end of 2013.

Information & Quality Healthcare, a not-for-profit corporation serving as the federally designated quality improvement organization for Mississippi, provides a free, downloadable poster to remind staff when to turn a patient to help prevent the development of pressure ulcers.

The following article is an example of an IQI Insights — a brief quarterly newsletter published by the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement (AAAHC Institute). The article is copyrighted and reprinted here with the express permission of the AAAHC Institute.…

Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa.   Q: Do you place soiled briefs of a Clostridium Difficile patient in a red bag or in plain trash?   Phenelle Segal: Red…

Delaware's Division of Public Health has published proposed revisions to the regulations governing the state's freestanding surgical centers, according to a Dover Post report and the public notice of the proposed revisions.

Michon Villanueva is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: We are currently in the process of credentialing our new ambulatory surgery center. My providers are questioning whether or not, on days that anesthesia…

Here are the 10 most-read reports from Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control in 2011. Note: Clicking a story link will open the report in a new tab.