Finding effective means to engage staff and physicians in making safety and accreditation a priority can be a challenge. But it’s certainly not impossible. To help with safety education and ensure greater buy-in from staff and physicians for meeting accreditation…
ASC Accreditation, Licensure & Medicare Certification
It appears that the FDA is requiring certain manufacturers of balanced salt solutions (BSS) to cease and desist from manufacturing these products on or before November 24, 2008. You can read the FDA release here. If you use these products,…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) Institute for Quality Improvement has announced that a program combating childhood obesity and diabetes and one that improves pathology reporting are the winners of the Institute’s 2008 Innovations in QI Awards.
The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert concerning the use of blood thinners following several high profile errors related to their use.
Q: Some of our organizations have reflected on surveyor’s expectations regarding “crossovers” of drug allergies and what the facility does to assist in screening for those. How would you suggest we address this expectation?
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Q: Considering that propofol is the most widely used anesthetic in our facility and that there are specific AAAHC expectations regarding the use of agents for which there are no reversal agents, coupled with the more recent emphasis on the…
The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care is seeking public comment for proposed revisions to its standards for 2009.
Q: What are our responsibilities when we detect a medication or medical device that is defective and/or an unanticipated adverse reaction to a drug?
If you're an accredited ASC, an unannounced survey may very well be a part of your future. The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) has confirmed that the number of random accreditation surveys it performs annually is increasing.
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