Study results suggest that although there have been significant advancements in sharps safety technology and legislation to support sharps safety, sharps-related injuries actually increased during the same time period nonsurgical injuries decreased, according to an AORN Journal article.
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After CMS completed a Nov. 2010 inspection at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo., the hospital publicly posted CMS' findings on the hospital's noncompliance to infection control and housekeeping standards, according to a Columbia Tribune news report.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has released two new toolkits geared toward helping healthcare facilities to build programs addressing patient falls and bedbugs.
James W. Marshall, MD, operator of walk-in clinic Immediate Medical Care in Monroe, Conn., has pleaded guilty to participating in a four-year conspiracy in which he admitted to illegally writing prescriptions for patients he never met, examined or consulted, according…
After pleading guilty to a misdemeanor violation of illegally promoting Zonegran, an epilepsy drug, Elan Pharmaceutics will pay $97 million in criminal fines, according to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigations. Elan violated the Food Drug and…
In an effort to protect consumers and healthcare providers, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has taken action against companies that manufacture, distribute, or market certain unapproved prescription oral cough, cold and allergy products, making it illegal to market these…
Congressional Republicans have proposed to cut the budget for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration by 20 percent, according to a report from NPR.
A new ambulatory surgery center which will serve veterans in St. Cloud, Minn., is scheduled to open this year, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Contaminated laundry that was improperly labeled or handled can lead to exposure to blood or other potentially infectious materials.