The FDA recently launched a new surgical fire prevention website. Here are six recommendations for healthcare professionals on preventing surgical fires from FDA.
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Although CMS has deemed that Methodist Dallas Medical Center is no longer an "immediate jeopardy" to the public, the agency found the hospital is still not compliant in several areas affecting patient safety, according to a Dallas Business Journal report.
The Ohio Patient Safety Institute provides a free, downloadable sample anesthesia awareness policy.
Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa. Q: Is there any information on what types of privacy curtains should be used in the patient bays? We would really love to…
New research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine revealed hospitals accredited by The Joint Commission outperformed non-accredited hospitals on 16 nationally standardized quality measures.
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The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists.
Phenelle Segal, RN CIC, is president of Infection Control Consulting Services based in Blue Bell, Pa. Q: I understand that the surgery team wears sterile gowns over their scrubs, but what about all of the other people in the…
Clifford Boese, MD, has agreed to pay $5,000 to settle allegations by the Iowa Board of Medicine that he performed wrong-site surgery, according to a Des Moines Register report.
The Vermont Medical Practice Board has ordered John R. Bookwalter, MD, to shut down the obesity treatment portion of his practice, according to a Republican report.
Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, BA, CASC, of Healthcare Consultants International (a subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care) and NJM Consulting, addresses four reader questions relating to sterile processing of eye instruments. Q: What are the steps…