Effingham (Ill.) Ambulatory Surgery Center uses its quality outcomes as a selling point.

Here are three must-read articles covering cybersecurity in ASCs:

Healthcare personnel aren't familiar with the World Health Organization's "five moments" for hand hygiene, which may contribute to lower compliance, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

All-cause hospital transfer and wrong-site surgery rates dropped in the third quarter compared to the second quarter of 2018, according to the ASC Quality Collaboration's latest ASC quality report

Glove use is an important element of infection control efforts, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control.

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine and cited by Medscape examined the number of healthcare data breaches associated with mobile devices.

  Here are five key insights on quality and safety improvements for ASCs:

  A review of behavior monitoring systems for hand hygiene compliance published in the American Journal of Infection Control studied how well the systems improve handwashing behavior.

Saddle Brook, N.J.-based HealthPlus Surgery Center potentially exposed patients to bloodborne pathogens after discovering an issue with its sterilization process and medication injections at the center.

Twenty-seven percent of healthcare employees said their organization experienced a ransomware attack in the past five years, according to a Kaspersky Lab report cited by HIPAA Journal.

MDLinx examined study data to weigh whether physicians should shake their patients' hands due to the risk of spreading bacteria.

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control examined if both overt and covert observation increase hand hygiene compliance.

A study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology analyzed stethoscope bacteria quantities, finding bacteria often remained after disinfection practices.

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control detailed how educating anesthesia providers on the World Health Organization's five indications for hand hygiene and increasing access to hand hygiene products in the operating room can increase compliance.

Vallejo, Calif.-based Redwood Eye Center's managed service provider experienced a data breach affecting 16,000 patients' health information, HIPAA Journal reported.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association tied EHR-use-related stress to increase physician burnout rates, MD Linx reports.

Here are five studies published in 2018 covering topics related to hand hygiene.

Here are five articles for ASC leaders to reference when developing an infection control program:

Relias Media detailed the potential risk antimicrobial drug resistant organisms could pose to ASCs.

Research published in the American Journal of Infection Control detailed how continuous electronic monitoring of individuals' hand hygiene can more accurately calculate compliance over just following the World Health Organization's guidelines that rely on direct observation.