Two new studies found that a new, FDA-approved approach to cataract surgery is safer and more efficient that the standard procedure today, according to findings presented at the 115th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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The Minnesota Hospital Association offers a free, downloadable poster to help prevent patient falls.
Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center, in Baxter, Minn., and an AAAHC surveyor, provided Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control with a patient flow worksheet template for use in ambulatory surgery centers.
Safesurg.org, a website designed to support individuals and institutions interested in improving the safety of surgical practices, provides three free videos on the use of the World Health Organization's surgical safety checklist.
Pfizer has agreed to pay $14.5 million to settle False Claims Act allegations related to the marketing of its drug Detrol, according to a news release from the Department of Justice. This settlement resolves the last of a group of…