Between Sept. 2010 and Feb. 2011, new infection control practices have led Audie Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio to yield a 82 percent decrease in infections by multi-drug resistant organisms, according to a San Antonio Express-News report.
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Study findings show postoperative setting, urinary catheter insertion and use of an implantable device could be risk factors for surgical site infection among children, according to research published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
The epidemiology program within the Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides many different tools and resources for healthcare professionals and their patients.
The Hand Hygiene Resource Center has provided a free "hand hygiene monitoring tool" as part of its efforts to provide resources to help educate physicians, clinicians, nurses and other staff about hand hygiene.
Two of the largest distributors of medical supplies to physician offices, PPS World Medical of Jacksonville, Fla., and Henry Schein of Melville, N.Y., have reported sales increases in the physician office market, according to an American Medical News report.
Here are 50 statistics on staff salaries and wages in ambulatory surgery centers, according to data from VMG Health's 2010 Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.
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Ambulatory Alliances, a business brokerage and investment banking firm serving ambulatory surgery centers, has announced it has been retained by New Hope of Dallas as the ASC's sell side representative.
HHS has announced proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule which give people the right to obtain a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information.
The rate of new or missed left-sided colorectal cancers quadrupled with flexible sigmoidoscopy compared with colonoscopy in a retrospective analysis of 25,541 cases, according to research presented at the annual Digestive Disease Week and reported in Internal Medicine News.