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The Indiana State Department of Health offers a free, downloadable hand hygiene observation tool for use by healthcare providers.
A new electronic handbook on ultrasound guidance for vascular access and regional anesthesia aims to teach clinicians to integrate the technology into routine anesthesia practice, according to a DOTmed News report.
The ASC Quality Collaboration offers a free, downloadable tool to help ambulatory surgery centers understand how CMS surveyors evaluate hand hygiene.
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