According to an article published in AAOS Now, mobile-bearing implants for unicompartmental knee arthroplasty might be appealing, their design may not to offer clinical advantages over fixed bearing designs in the long term.
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The Joint Commission has launched an online library offering tools and solutions that have been successfully implemented by healthcare organizations and reviewed by Joint Commission standards experts.
Study results suggest providing patients with an educational booklet on proper bowel preparation could considerably improve the quality of colonoscopy preparation for patients receiving single-dose purgatives, according to research published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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Research findings revealed a poster intervention tool coupled with easily accessible hand sanitizers could improve hand hygiene performance in hospital cafeterias, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
The Joint Commission applauds CMS' new Telemedicine Credentialing and Privileging requirements, which becomes effective on July 5, 2011, and seeks to remove unnecessary barriers to the use of telemedicine for medically necessary interventions.
Allergic reactions to anesthesia may be more common than previously thought, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
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