Thousands of veterans at Miami VA facilities may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV due to contaminated equipment used in colonoscopies, according to report by CNN.
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The American College of Gastroenterology has announced it is updating its screening guidelines for colorectal cancer for the first time since 2000, according to a news release by the ACG.
The Joint Commission has marked March 8-14 as National Patient Safety Awareness Week, according to a Joint Commission news release.
The Evans (Ga.) Surgery Center alerted 1,300 patients that they were at risk of a possible infection from improperly sanitized endoscopes used in GI procedures, according to a report in the Augusta Chronicle.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology announced it is offering two new tools to help ophthalmologists avoid wrong site or wrong intraocular lens errors, according to a news release from the AAO.
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The Atlantic Surgical Center in Pompano Beach, Fla., has been barred from seeing new patients as of Feb. 5 after an inspection by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, according to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Wrong-site surgeries are on the rise, and they are not only devastating to patients but also costly to healthcare facilities as a growing number of insurance companies are no longer providing reimbursement for preventable medical errors. Jeff Lynch of Viscot…
Specialty Surgicare of Las Vegas has reported to authorities that it failed to properly disinfect scopes, according to the Las Vegas Sun.
Maintaining "normothermia" (the condition of normal body temperature) in patients during surgical procedures is extremely important in not only saving lives but controlling costs, which is why it is vital for ASCs to be aware of symptoms associated with hypothermia,…
The Joint Commission has announced that CMS has granted deeming authority to the accreditor for its ASC program for a six-year a period.