On the infection prevention tips provided by the ASC QC, Ms. Slosburg said, “The [initiative] provides the industry with educational tools and best practice methods that can be applied at ASCs throughout the country. The hand hygiene toolkit is the first of the ASC Tools for Infection Prevention to be released, and more are currently being developed to address several topics of ASC focus, such as point-of-care devices, injection practices, reprocessing, sterilization and high-level disinfection.”
Ms. Slosburg is active in fostering a positive relationship between the ASC industry and the federal government. She said in a news release from the ASC QC, “As ASCs provide exceptionally high quality and value to Medicare beneficiaries as well as to the Medicare program, the ASC Quality Collaboration looks forward to working in close partnership with CMS to implement quality measurement that leads to improved patient care in all outpatient surgical settings.”
Ms. Slosburg has worked in the healthcare industry for over 30 years and joined the ASC industry in 1987. As a leader in the ASC industry, she has served as a nurse manager, administrator and regional operations coordinator, as well as a senior vice president of surgery operations and national surgery specialist for HealthSouth, one of the nation’s largest healthcare services providers.
Ms. Slosburg has been praised for her work promoting quality and safety in surgery centers and received the HealthSouth Clinical Achievement Award for Clinical Excellence during her tenure at the company. She also served on the board of directors for the Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgical Centers and has spoken on various topics for FSASC and the ASC Association.
Before joining the ASC industry as an advocate of quality measures, Ms. Slosburg served in an anesthesia care unit and in nursing education.
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