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…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
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.
Joe Ollayos, administrator at Tri-Cities Surgery Center in Geneva, Ill., shares a strategy his ambulatory surgery center adopted for continuing education in risk management.
Every business, including ambulatory surgery centers, is required to comply with requirements established by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The sheer number of rules and regulations set forth by OSHA can be overwhelming, but ASCs must still work to…
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Here are 10 things ambulatory surgery centers should know about proper hand hygiene, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Guideline for Hand Hygiene in Health-Care Settings.
The Athena Urology Surgery Center in Athens, Ga., has achieved re-accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), according to a report from the Athens Banner-Herald.
Here are three frequently asked questions about OSHA's rules concerning sharps containers and the federal agency's responses to those questions.
Here are seven articles to help ambulatory surgery centers achieve and maintain Medicare certification.
The Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare has announced that more than 1,090 hand hygiene projects are currently in progress, according to Joint Commission Online.