Study results published in the American Journal of Infection Control show catheter-associated bloodstream infections increased from 1996 to 2003 but have fallen since then.
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Colquitt Regional Medical Center in Moultrie, Ga., has achieves accreditation from the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program, according to a Moultrie Observer report.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has notified medical offices that there will be no data submission for the medical office survey on patient safety culture this September/October.
Cook Medical has announced it has received FDA clearance for its Evolution colonic controlled-release stent, according to a news release.
BD Diagnostics, a segment of Becton, Dickinson and Co., has announced it received FDA clearance to market a new MRSA test, according to a news release.
ASCA recently sent a letter to CMS, providing comments on Medicare's quality reporting program for ASCs, contained in the agency's proposed 2013 inpatient prospective payment system rule.
ASCA has outlined a few ways the Supreme Court's ruling on healthcare reform affects ambulatory surgery centers.
Gastroenterologist Joseph Kirsner, MD, has died, according to a UChicago News report.
Paul R. Tourigny, MD, a gastroenterologist at CarolinaEast Internal Medicine in Pollocksville, N.C., is researching and working to develop drug therapies to treat and possibly cure hepatitis C, according to a Sun Journal report.
The Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Medicine has acquired Parris Castoro Eye Care Center, an outpatient eye and laser surgery center, according to a Baltimore Sun report.