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A 504-bed Midwestern health system saved up to 2,700 hours and $110,000 a year by creating a “Red Box” safe zone, a three-foot square of red duct tape extending from the threshold of the door, to facilitate communication with patients…

A new ambulatory surgery center is planned for Holmdel, N.J., by Lakewood, N.J.-based Somerset Development, according to a report on GlobeSt.com.

A new ambulatory surgical center is being built in Suffern, N.Y., according to a report from The Journal News.

New Jersey's legislature has given final approval to a plan that would force public workers to pay more for benefits, according to a Business Insurance report.

"Persistent" hand sanitizers and surface disinfectants that constantly fight bacteria for long periods of time could reduce infections, patient length-of-stay and hospital readmissions, according to a Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association news release.

A group of healthcare and patient safety experts have called for reforms in the design, supervision and financing of U.S. hospital residency programs to protect patients from serious, preventable medical errors, according to a news release.

OSHA has published a two-page, downloadable fact sheet on how to properly handle contaminated sharps.

Professional Disposables International, a provider of infection prevention products for environmental hygiene, skin antisepsis, hand hygiene and patient care, has announced it will introduce its new Sani-Cloth EPA-Registered Bleach, a bleach-based surface disinfecting wipe, at the Association for Infection Control…

Cuts to Ohio's Medicaid funding could cost the state thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in lost business, according to a study released yesterday by Families USA.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has encouraged anesthesiologists to "open the door for elected officials to see the exciting world of anesthesiology by hosting a site visit," according to an ASA release.