Regional Surgicenter in Moline, Ill., has announced it has achieved the highest level of accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
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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).
Cintas, a Cincinnati-based microfiber and infection prevention program supplier, has announced its top 11 trends for infection prevention for 2011, according to a news release.
The Joint Commission announced the naming of Dana McGrath, RN, MSN, CASC, as the new field director for its Ambulatory Care Accreditation Program.
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Southgate (Mich.) Surgery Center recently underwent an accreditation survey from AAAHC. Linda Phillips, RN, administrator for Southgate, identifies three areas focused on by the two AAAHC surveyors.
The California surgical centers of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sono Bello have achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, according to a news release from Sono Bello.
Government regulators are tightening rules and standards over infection control practices in the healthcare arena, forcing payors and accrediting bodies to follow suit to also keep a more discriminating eye on healthcare providers. Renea Goode, director of nursing, and Miranda…
The Joint Commission has announced the appointing of Isabel Hoverman, MD, MACP, as 2011 chair of the Board of Commissioners.
Researchers from the University of Iowa have developed a hand-hygiene tracking method, enabled by credit card-sized devices called motes, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.