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.
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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…
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.
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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.
In a new blog post on The Joint Commission website, Michael Kulczycki, executive director for The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program, discusses reducing wrong-site surgery in ambulatory surgery centers.
Chicago — The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, the national association for surgery centers, and ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's ASC Review, announce Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has been named a sponsor for the 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers…