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.
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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…
CMS has developed a free, downloadable discharge planning checklist for patients preparing to leave a hospital or other healthcare setting.
Specialty Surgical Center in Sparta (N.J.) has received three-year re-accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a report from the Sparta Independent.
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In the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recently published Guide to Infection Prevention for Outpatient Settings: Minimum Expectations for Safe Care, the CDC provides the following seven key recommendations for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) in ambulatory…
Here are 10 recent Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control reports on sharps safety and OSHA which include tools you can download for use by your organization and resources you can use to improve your sharps safety and…
Johns Hopkins Medicine has developed a number of free, downloadable resources to help improve hand hygiene at its organizations, with one such resource a hand hygiene observations form.
An appellate court judge has overruled a Superior Court judge’s decision to forgo a lawsuit against Sunnyside (Wash.) Community Hospital alleging negligent care in the death of one of its physicians, according to a Yakima-Herald news report. Read the full…
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating whether lawmakers and the Tennessee Department of Health had a hand in the state board of nursing's decision to reverse three nurses' suspension, according to a Tennessean news report.