The work of Massachusetts spine surgeon James Macon, MD, and his use of Spine Surgical Innovation's Swivel Port MIS Retractor System was recently featured in an article published in the Boston Globe Magazine.
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The National Patient Safety Foundation provides a free, downloadable flyer that outlines what patients can do while they're in a hospital or other organization to help prevent infections.
Medicaid is facing increasing pressure as states, burdened by budget shortfalls and deficits, reduce benefits and chip away at payments to physicians, according to an Associated Press report.
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. has appointed Michael Bishop, MD, anesthesiologist and director of anesthesia for same-day surgery at the University of California, San Diego Medical Center in Hillcrest, to the Medical Board of California, according to an Imperial…
Researchers have discovered which cells respond to anesthesia in an organism called the C. elegans, possibly revealing new ways to use existing medications to reverse anesthesia, according to a News-Medical report.
Johns Hopkins provides two free, downloadable posters used to remind healthcare workers about the importance of proper hand hygiene technique.
The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC). To learn more about receiving this resource and joining APIC, visit www.apic.org/ambulatorynewsletter. To learn…
Vemuri Murthy, MD, chairman of the department of anesthesiology at West Suburban Medical Center and chairman of Project SMILE in Illinois, was recognized at the Illinois Global Health Consortium in Elmhurt as the annual Global Health Champion award winner, according…
Electrocardiograph cables are a common source of pathogenic microorganisms in the operating room, according to research presented by French researchers at the 2011 meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists and reported in Anesthesiology News.
Utah Valley Regional Medical Center, an Intermountain Healthcare facility in Provo, Utah, has fired two nurses following reports they allegedly taped a patient's mouth shut and laughed about the matter, according to a Washington Post report.