Here are four quick facts, as reported by ContagionLive:
1. The 2017 national ambulatory safe injection practices study involved 20 primary care organizations and 90 surgical/procedural care organizations, including ambulatory care and office-based surgery.
2. Primary care organizations also performed better on proper medication storage and preparation.
3. Surgical organizations performed better on single-use medication disposal.
4. Training, ongoing risk assessments and national SIP assessments could help reduce deficiencies across both ambulatory surgical and primary care settings, according to the two members of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Institute for Quality Improvement who discussed the study.
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2 ASCs & outpatient facilities achieving certification and accreditation — May 2018
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AAAHC-accredited center to know: Munster Specialty Surgery Center
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