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AmkaiSolutions, which provides electronic solutions to ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals and surgical practices, launched a new web-based portal that provides ASC physicians and their practices with remote access to key surgery center data at the ASC Association's 2012 conference…

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Vicki Edelman, RN, is the administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, which is managed by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Blue Bell Surgery Center specializes in orthopedics, ENT, pain management, plastic surgery, general surgery, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology and sees…

An assessment of published and unpublished randomized controlled trials suggest triclosan-impregnated suture did not significantly reduce surgical site infections rates or wound breakdown rates, according to a study published in the Annals of Surgery. Read the full report in Becker’s…

An antimicrobial stewardship program led to a 50 percent risk reduction for C. difficile infections; a 13.3 percent decrease in antimicrobial cost per patient-day; a 15.2 percent decrease in the hospital’s antimicrobial budget and 25.4 percent decrease in daily doses…

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