The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses is promoting National Time Out Day, June 17, to emphasize the importance of surgical teams to take a time out to confirm vital patient information prior to surgery, according to an AORN news release.
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Nevada Assembly Bill 123, which requires yearly, unannounced inspections of ambulatory surgery centers, was signed into law, according to a report in the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Increasingly, medical procedures in the United States are being performed in ASCs. According to statistics released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics estimated that the rate of visits to ASCs tripled…
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced the availability of $50 million in Recovery Act funds to hospitals and surgery centers to help fight healthcare associated infections (HAIs) and improve patient safety at a speech before…
The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority recently released its 2008 Annual Report, which examined participation in patient safety initiatives by healthcare facilities within the state, according to a PPSA news release.
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A recent study published in The Cochrane Library found that weight-loss surgery is effective on those patients with less-severe obesity, but questions still remain about long-term outcomes and which procedures are more effective than others, according to a report in…
Five former patients of Siouxland Urology Center in Dakota Dunes, S.D., have sued the center for improper infection prevention procedures that may have exposed the patients to blood-borne infections, including HIV, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune.
Three patients who were exposed to contaminated equipment at three different VA clinics have tested positive for HIV, according to a report in the Houston Chronicle.
An official for the Department of Health and Human Services, testifying before Congress, announced plans to launch a new infection control survey tool for ASCs, according to a news release from the ASC Association.
The Patient Safety Authority, a Pennsylvania patient safety group, is urging surgery centers to improve pre-operative screening of patients, according to an advisory released by the PSA.