Summit Surgery Center in Chambersburg, Pa., has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to Public Opinion Online.
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Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. He discusses six things surgery centers should do to manage controlled drug deviations. To help prevent controlled…
Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. He discusses 10 things surgery centers should do to minimize controlled drug deviations. To learn what you…
In order to maintain accreditation, ASCs are required to keep up-to-date databases and files on each physician's credentials. Depending on the size of an ASC, maintaining updated credentials can be difficult. Two industry experts explain three things ASCs can do…
The Joint Commission has published its last 2010 issue of Ambulatory Advisor.
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The latest issue of The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Advisor includes an article providing guidance for surgery centers to meet the requirements for the use of multi-dose vials.
The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention has offered two options for evaluating environmental cleaning in healthcare settings, according to a CDC release.
Regional Surgicenter in Moline, Ill., has announced it has achieved the highest level of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Here are six things ASCs should do internally and externally to further perfect their already existing infection control programs.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced that HFAP surveyor Jeanette Spradlin, RN, CPHQ, has won the 2010 Claire Glover Distinguished Member Award for Contributions to the Healthcare Quality Profession, provided by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).