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The American Nurses Association and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing have mutually endorsed each organization's guidelines for professionalism in social media, according to a joint news release.
Use of antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care unit rooms can dramatically reduce the amount of bacteria and the incidence of hospital-acquired infections, according to a news release.
Although hospitals have seen a decline in antibiotic resistance and costs, hospitals' compliance to antimicrobial stewardship guidelines is lacking, according to several studies presented at the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
RF Surgical Systems, a developer of solutions for the detection and prevention of retained surgical sponges, has announced Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Vir., has implemented the company's RF Assure Detection System for use in its surgical suites,…
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced that Pharmacy OneSource, software-as-a-service provider of Sentri7, a clinical surveillance, documentation and reporting tool, is hosting a complimentary webinar on "Successes of a Clostridium difficile Infection Reduction Team," according to a Wolters Kluwer Health news…
Here are 20 benchmarks for small surgery centers (defined as those with 1-2 operating rooms), based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2010.
LaClaro, maker of the Lighthouse revenue cycle management system for ambulatory surgery centers, has announced the launch of a new data analysis solution intended to help pinpoint problems for collecting payment for procedures that include implants, evaluate the profitability of…
A new urology surgery center in Houston developed by Houston Metro Urology held its open house on Oct. 15, according to a Houston Metro Urology news release (pdf).
A planning board decision on a proposed ambulatory surgery center in Franklin Lakes, N.J., has been delayed, according to a Franklin Lanes/Oakland Suburban News report.