ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…

Although there are many benefits to borrowing surgical equipment from vendors and other healthcare facilities, doing so poses a number of challenges and patient safety risks for the borrower facility, according to an article published in AORN Journal.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has issued changes to the 2011 AAAHC Handbook of its accreditation standards.

AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, has announced it released six new reports in 2010 on its clinical and non-clinical studies.

The Joint Commission has published data on sentinel events across different kinds of healthcare venues.

The Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality has published 10 evidence-based tips to prevent adverse events from occurring in a hospital.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has created a guide to help healthcare professionals working in the outpatient setting evaluate and treat MRSA infections. According to the CDC, incision and drainage is the primary therapy for MRSA infections. Empiric…

There are a number of reasons why physicians aren't typically spearheading accreditation efforts in ambulatory surgery centers, although most of those reasons are not necessarily bad ones. Sheryl Walker, MD, a surveyor for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care,…

If your facility is planning demolition and construction, or will be located be near such activities, here are 16 strategies suggested by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for organizations to follow to help reduce dust and moisture intrusion.