Dr. Jeffrey Port is co-founder and chairman of RF Surgical Systems, a developer of solutions for the detection and prevention of retained surgical items. Q: What is a retained surgical item? Dr. Jeffrey Port: A retained surgical item…
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Carol Hiatt, RN, LHRM, CASC, a licensed risk manager in Florida, AAAHC surveyor and consultant for Healthcare Consultants International, a subsidiary of AAAHC, shares 11 strategies to help surgery centers overcome physician and staff resistance to complying with infection control…
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality provides a free, downloadable medications at transitions and clinical handoffs toolkit for medication reconciliation.
A new resource, created by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, is designed to help healthcare organizations meet regulations of the HIPAA Security Rule, according to a NIST news release.
Methodist Dallas Medical Center has announced it has received notification from CMS that the organization has been found be in full compliance with all Medicare conditions of participation, according to a hospital news release, and is therefore no longer facing…
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Ambulatory surgery centers will be included in audits as part of a HIPAA audit program initiated by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services' Office for Civil Rights, according to a report in the ASC Association's ASCA Government Affairs…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has published 10 FAQs on the new quality reporting program for ASCs, according to a report in the ASCA Government Affairs Update.
Phenelle Segal, RN, CIC, is the president of Infection Control Consulting Services. Q: One area where I consistently see a problem with cleaning involves the wheels on everything we use. I've seen bloody suture tails, pieces of tissue such…
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is urging ambulatory surgery centers across the country to make certain that they are using a "safe surgery checklist" beginning on Jan. 1, 2012.