oBand, which operates five outpatient surgery centers in California, Florida and Nevada, has announced its Tustin, Calif., ambulatory surgery center is the first ASC in Orange County, Calif., to perform surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System, according to an…
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Clorox Professional Products Co. has announced the launch of a new line of activated hydrogen peroxide cleaner disinfectants, according to a Clorox news release.
Leaders of a variety of organizations often attribute the success of the organization to the people they work with and who work for them. The importance of employees may be particularly apparent in ambulatory surgery centers, which, because of their…
About one in five Massachusetts residents are being treated by physicians working on a budget created by insurance plans to restrain health spending, according to a Boston Globe report.
State regulators from the department of health found serious errors at St. Luke's Hospital, based in Bethlehem, Pa., led three patients to overdose on pain medication, according to a Morning Call report.
Physicians have voiced their opposition to several bills that they argue could significantly impact patient access to care and patient safety, including legislation to eliminate interpreter services, according to a Washington State Medical Association news release.
A recent report by the Connecticut Department of Public Health showed that falls resulting in serious disability or death and retained foreign objects were among the most frequently occurring medical errors at hospitals and outpatient surgical centers from July 2004-May…
Gaston Memorial Hospital, a CaroMont Health facility in Gastonia, N.C., must submit a corrective action plan after state regulators discovered nursing staff failed to follow medication verification policies and procedures.
Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., found four risk factors may contribute to readmissions, including lack of post-discharge follow-up with physicians and poor medication management, according to a Chicago Tribune report.
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices is conducting a survey of pharmacists and other healthcare practitioners on CMS' interpretive guidelines related to drug storage, stability and beyond use dating of injectable products, according to an ISMP Medication Safety Alert! newsletter…