Bozeman (Mont.) Deaconess Hospital has been fined $3,500 for two nuclear safety violations, according to a Republic news report. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Bozeman Deaconess Hospital.
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State regulators have filed complaints against Carol Roberts, MD, alleging her lax infection control practices are the cause of a hepatitis C outbreak at her holistic medicine practice in Brandon, Fla., according to a St. Petersburg Times news report.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has reported that Illinois hospitals reported fewer healthcare-associated infections in 2010 than reported in 2009, according to an IDPH news release. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Illinois hospital infections.
Susan Hare, MD, an internal medicine and pediatrics physician from Tilton, N.H., has been slapped with nearly $88,000 in fines due to a wide range of "professional misconduct," according to a Boston Globe news report.
In June, the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare reported that despite intense efforts to curb wrong-site surgery, the adverse event still occurs approximately 40 times a week nationwide. Wrong-site surgery — which includes wrong procedure, wrong patient, wrong side…
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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 nine key recommendations for safe injection practices in ambulatory care settings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a free, downloadable environmental cleaning evaluation worksheet.
Lakes Surgery Center of West Bloomfield (Mich.) recently received a perfect score on a survey that tested their ability to provide safe, quality healthcare, earning them national accreditation and The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval.
A CMS report shows Parkland Memorial “repeatedly violated” a now-deceased patient’s rights by improperly restraining and secluding him, according to a news report from The Oklahoman. Read the full report in Becker’s Hospital Review on Parkland Memorial Hospital.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, a part of the CDC, offers a free, downloadable and adaptable poster which shows the proper and improper technique for passing and loading sharps.