Vicki Edelman, RN, is the administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, which is managed by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Blue Bell Surgery Center specializes in orthopedics, ENT, pain management, plastic surgery, general surgery, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology and sees…
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An anesthesiologist from Cookeville, Tenn., was fatally injured while vacationing with family last week, according to a Herald Citizen report.
Vijay Sudheendra, MD, has been named chief of anesthesia at Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., according to an India West report.
An assessment of published and unpublished randomized controlled trials suggest triclosan-impregnated suture did not significantly reduce surgical site infections rates or wound breakdown rates, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgery. Read the full report in Becker’s…
An antimicrobial stewardship program led to a 50 percent risk reduction for C. difficile infections; a 13.3 percent decrease in antimicrobial cost per patient-day; a 15.2 percent decrease in the hospital’s antimicrobial budget and 25.4 percent decrease in daily doses…
A radiation technician at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., has pled guilty to injecting himself with patients’ Fentanyl and reusing the syringes on patients, which caused a hepatitis C outbreak, according to a News4Jax report. Read the full report…
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement in Cambridge, Mass., offers a free, downloadable readmission diagnostic worksheet, designed to help hospitals identify opportunities for improvement based on reviews of the five most recent rehospitalizations.
A new study published in the European Journal of Cancer reveals the presence of fetal cells in women raises the risk of colon cancer, according to a news release.
A new study, published in GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, the scientific journal of the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, reveals unsedated transnasal endoscopy is a safe and feasible method to screen for esophageal disease, according to a news release (pdf).