ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The CDC provides a free online video for healthcare providers on testing for Clostridium difficile.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has announced Rep. Jon Runyan (R-NJ) has cosponsored the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to a report in its ASCA Government Affairs Update.

Joint Commission Resources has announced the results of its third annual Flu Vaccination Challenge, with participating organizations achieving an 80 percent flu vaccination average among staff during the 2010-2011 flu season, according to a JCR news release.

Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Ga., could lose its Medicare status if it does not rectify federal citations after a patient fell from an eleventh story window to her death, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report.

Ohio was the first state to adopt a state-level protocol to prevent wrong-site surgery, and the Ohio Patient Safety Institute provides the free, downloadable Ohio surgical verification protocol.

The Shore Health System Surgery Center in Easton, Md., has achieved accreditation with The Joint Commission, according to a Shoreupdate.com report.

A Texas attorney has been sentenced to 120 days in jail, 10 years of probation and fined $6,000 after he was convicted in a retaliation case involving two nurses who filed an anonymous complaint with the Texas Medical Board against…

Kimberly-Clark Health Care, on the website of the Kimberly-Clark HAI Patient Education Program, provides a free, downloadable handwashing reminder poster.

The following article is written by Tom Jordan, RN, BS, CIC, director of infection prevention for Sentri7 from Pharmacy OneSource, part of Wolters Kluwer Health.   The Joint Commission has upped the ante on infection prevention, a move that has…

New Hampshire ambulatory surgery centers may soon be required to pay a fee of $600-$2800 to cover their mandatory participation in the state's infection reporting program, according to a New Hampshire Business Review report.