In an article published in the Archives of Surgery, three anesthesiologists criticize a previous article that concluded "aggressive early postoperative glycemic control should reduce the incidence of [surgical site infections]."
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Displaced aerospace workers may seek employment in the healthcare industry when the space shuttle program ends this year, sending thousands of aerospace workers into unemployment, according to a Florida Today report.
A Nevada urologist who had his medical license suspended after he was accused of reusing single-use endocavity needle guides during biopsy procedures has taken out a paid advertisement in the Las Vegas Review-Journal in which he blames an unnamed equipment…
Kaiser Permanente San Diego will donate 22 GI procedures, including colonoscopies and sigmoidoscopies, to uninsured patients in need of outpatient procedures through Project Access San Diego on March 26.
Pittsburgh medical suppliers are objecting to new Medicare rules that limit access to medical supplies by instituting a competitive bidding program to cut costs, according to a Pittsburgh Live report.
The global value of the healthcare packaging market is predicted to reach $87.3 billion in 2011, according to an analysis by Visiongain.
Prabhakar Swaroop, MD, has been named director of the new Crohn's and Colitis program at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, according to a university release.
Chicago (March 24, 2011) — ASC Communications, publisher of Becker's Hospital Review and Becker's ASC Review, announces a complimentary education webinar for hospital and surgery center leadership — "Impact of Regional Anesthesia on Quality, Cost and Patient Satisfaction - Minor…
The Wood-Library Museum of Anesthesiology has recently launched its new website at www.woodlibrarymuseum.org, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Jon Vick, president and founder of ASCs Inc., which advises surgery center owners on strategic partnering and joint ventures, says ambulatory surgery centers should take the following five steps before selling their ASC to a hospital.