The Nevada Senate has passed a bill that would require hospitals and other healthcare providers to utilize patient safety checklists, which aim to reduce the incidence of medical errors, according to a Reno Gazette-Journal news report.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has a series of free educational resources on MRSA and other bacterial skin infections now available for download.
Results from focus groups and questionnaires showed healthcare workers from Chicago-area hospitals generally exhibited positive perceptions toward legislation requiring MRSA screening, according to research published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.
LaGrange (Ind.) Surgery Center has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a KPCNews report.
Registered nurses at Saint Vincent Hospital in Worcester, Mass., have voted and ratified a new three-year contract with the hospital, under which patient ratios would be reduced to four to five patients per nurse during day and evening shifts and…
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Nancy Jo Vinson, RN, BA, CASC, of NJM Consulting recently joined the consulting team of Healthcare Consultants International, a subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
The FDA and the Health Resources and Services Administration have sent out a joint alert telling providers that Weck Hem-o-Lok ligating clips should not be used for the ligation of the renal artery during a laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomy because of…
CMS has told Mercy Medical Center St. Mary's in Knoxville, Tenn., that it must address patient safety issues or risk losing its Medicare funding in June, according to a report from the Knoxville News Sentinel.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has announced that The Joint Commission adopted recommendations on medication management issues as suggested by the ASA, along with the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants and the Anesthesia Patient Safety…
Appeals are now open for 39 National Quality Forum-endorsed measures currently in the maintenance review process for musculoskeletal, mental health and diabetes care, according to an NQF news release.