The Joint Commission surveyors are spending more time during surveys evaluating cleaning, high-level disinfection (HLD) and sterilization processes, according to an AORN report.
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The VA National Center for Patient Safety has developed a free, downloadable moderate sedation study aid poster based upon work done at the Durham VAMC Patient Safety Center of Inquiry.
The Joint Commission has published a new fact sheet about its accreditation standards.
Cindy A. King RN, CPHQ, is assistant vice president of clinical, quality and compliance for Health Inventures. Q: We have a physician in our ambulatory surgery center who refuses to document the date of service on her dictated operative…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a free, downloadable home fall prevention checklist for older patients.
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The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has developed a free, downloadable survey that focuses on patient safety culture in outpatient medical offices.
The West Clinic, based in Memphis, Tenn., has received accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a report from the Memphis Daily News.
The World Health Organization offers a free, downloadable poster showing how to properly handrub with an alcohol-based formulation and handwash using soap and water.
A licensed practical nurse from Bluff City, Tenn., has been put on three years' probation after the state Board of Nursing discovered she neglected patients and falsified patient records, according to a Kingsport Times-News report.
The following article is written by Kathleen Bernicky, director of clinical operations, Ann O'Neill, director of clinical operations, and Carla Shehata, director of clinical operations, for Regent Surgical Health. Per the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) news this month, CMS…