OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR 1910.1030) requires employers to make immediate confidential medical evaluation and follow-up available for workers who have an exposure incident, such as a needlestick. An exposure incident is a specific eye, mouth, other mucous membrane,…
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Tyson Cobb, MD, a hand and orthopedic surgeon at Orthopaedic Specialists in Davenport, Iowa, has been cited by the Iowa Board of Medicine for wrong-site surgery and other violations, according to a Quad-City Times report.
Parvez Dara, MD, an oncologist from Toms River, N.J., has had his medical license revoked after 29 of his patients tested positive for Hepatitis B, according to a Statehouse Bureau report.
David A. Smith, MD, has accepted a three-year probation to settle allegations that he allowed an unlicensed individual to perform Botox on patients, according to a KSDK report.
The University of Virginia, International Health Care Worker Safety Center, provides a free, downloadable checklist intended to help facilities comply with the sharps safety requirements of OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard.
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The requirements of OSHA's bloodborne pathogens standard can be found in Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations at 29 CFR 1910.1030. The standard's requirements state what employers must do to protect workers who are occupationally exposed to blood…
Becker's ASC Review recently received a question from a reader concerning radiology requirements for ambulatory surgery centers included in the revised Conditions for Coverage that took effect in May 2009.
Texas' healthcare-associated infection reporting program for ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals is set to begin Oct. 1, according to a report in the Texas ASC Society Newsletter.
The Joint Commission has identified 405 hospitals and critical access hospitals as top performers in using evidence-based care processes linked to positive patient outcomes, according to a The Joint Commission news release.
The following article is written by Naomi Kuznets, PhD, senior director and general manager of the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, and comes from the AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement "IQI Insights" publication. It is copyrighted and being published with…