The following are sample trigger questions for performing a root cause analysis of a blood or body fluid exposure for a sharps injury prevention program from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's "Workbook for Designing, Implementing, and Evaluating a…
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Karen Lombard, RN, is contract manager, medical/surgical for Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization. She previously ran a 21-OR ambulatory surgery center and helped to achieve an infection rate of just 0.3 percent. Q: How do you think…
Supreme Court justices recently offered arguments over whether generic drug-makers should be held to the same level of accountability as brand-name prescription drug-makers on updating warning labels, according to a CNN news report.
Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have determined that electronic faucets are more likely to become contaminated with high levels of bacteria, compared with traditional manually operated faucets, according to a Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America…
Stanford Hospital & Clinics has released a new risk management methodology called value-driven enterprise risk management, according to a release from Stanford.
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A four-step model aimed at improving clinical handovers can be utilized to achieve efficient, safe and effective process changes, according to research published in the Journal of Patient Safety. Proper handover practices are key to ensuring safe continual care, but…
Here are seven statistics on ambulatory surgery center outcomes from the ASC Association's Outcomes Monitoring Project 4th Quarter 2010 Report, which saw ASCs in 46 states participating in the survey.
Infection rates published by the Washington State Hospital Association suggest some hospitals, such as Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., continue to struggle with infection prevention, according to a Kitsap Sun news report.
The following article is written by Jeffrey Shanton, chair, Advocacy and Legislative Affairs Committee, New Jersey Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers. New legislation has been introduced in New Jersey concerning surgical practices and licensure.
A new report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reveals low health literacy in older Americans correlates to poorer health and a higher risk of death, according to a news release.