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The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology has announced 12 recipients of the 2010 "Heroes of Infection Prevention" Award, according to an APIC news release.

The AAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement, a not-for-profit subsidiary of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2010, according to an AAAHC news release.

A review by Johns Hopkins researchers recently published in the journal Critical Care, says although it's clear that use of aviation-like safety checklists based on scientific evidence can work and that more hospitals should use them to help prevent errors…

The Joint Commission has revised its Universal Protocol for Preventing Wrong Site, Wrong Procedure and Wrong Person Surgery to clarify a site marking rule, according to a release by The Joint Commission.

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration has imposed an emergency moratorium on procedures at Fort Myers (Fla.) Endoscopy Center due to several safety violations identified by state inspectors, according to a report by the Naples Daily News.

Approximately 12 million doses of the Sanofi Pasteur monovalent 2009 (H1N1) influenza vaccine in pre-filled syringes will have a shorter expiration period than indicated on the label, according to a health alert by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Healthcare facilities now have 18 months to fully transition to an alternative reprocessing device from the Steris System 1 processor, according to news release from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

A tool to calculate surgery risks for a particular patient is being used in heart surgery and will eventually be adopted to other surgical specialties, but access is still limited to mainly larger hospitals, according to a report by the…

Gayle Lowe, an AAAHC surveyor, discusses patient safety initiatives and increased efforts on the part of healthcare providers to implement practices and policies that further increase patient safety.

A bill currently up for a final vote in the New Jersey Senate would require ambulatory surgery centers to provide information on infection rates and cost, similar to what is currently required of hospitals, according to a report in The…