The Institute for Safe Medication Practices provides a free, downloadable poster organizations can use to remind staff members of the importance of eliminating error-prone abbreviations.
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
The FDA, CDC and Department of Veterans Affairs provide the following six general recommendations to prevent cross-contamination in endoscope processing.
ECRI Institute provides a free, downloadable poster to help organizations improve monitor alarm safety.
Here are eight clinical findings from an AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement 2011 study on knee arthroscopy. Forty organizations that perform a combined total of more than 11,000 procedures annually participated in the study.
The following is written by Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, President, Sheldon S. Sones and Associates. 1. Assure that your recall process is working as evidenced by a trail that demonstrates communications from vendors/manufacturers in a prompt manner, and reveals…
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HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration has reinstated its National Practitioner Data Bank — with a new usage agreement — after pulling it offline in September.
The American Board of Medical Specialties has created a new website that allows consumers to find out whether their specialists are meeting the ABMS' Maintenance of Certification program requirements established by certifying boards.
Here are eight more statistics on ambulatory surgery center outcomes from the ASC Association's Outcomes Monitoring Project 2nd Quarter (April-June) 2011 Report, which saw more than 600 ASCs participating in the survey. We previously published seven statistics from the report.
Christiana Care Health System provides a free, downloadable Universal Protocol and fire risk assessment for bedside procedure.
Marsha Wallander, RN, is assistant director, accreditation services, for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Q: We have a GI (endoscopy room) situated by the post-op/nurse's station. We would plan on bagging and placing the scope once wiped…