Here are 10 recent Becker's Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control reports on hand hygiene which include tools you can download for use by your organization and resources you can use to improve your hand hygiene efforts and compliance.…
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Here are 10 recent reports about new leadership appointments and promotions at companies serving the ambulatory surgery center industry. Note: Clicking a link will open the report in a new tab.
Health Management Associates has announced it has named Mike Fencel as CEO of its North Florida Division, according to an HMA news release.
Tenet Healthcare has announced it has named Britt T. Reynolds as its new president of hospital operations, according to a Tenet news release (pdf).
Eydie Miller-Ellis, MD, professor of clinical ophthalmology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and director of the glaucoma division at Scheie Eye Institute, was awarded the Women in Ophthalmology's Suzanne Veronneau Troutman Award at the 2011 American Academy…
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Typical prevention of deep vein thrombosis includes early movement, compression and anti-coagulation therapy, but a nerve stimulator device being developed by U.K.-based Sky Medical could change that, according to a Medgadget report.
Omega Laboratories is the first and only laboratory to receive 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its Extended Opiates Test that can detect the use of oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, morphine and heroin through human hair analysis, according to a news…
The number of drug poisoning deaths involving opioid analgesics more than tripled from 1999-2008 and opioid analgesic were involved in more than 40 percent of all drug poisoning deaths in 2008, according to a CDC report.
An analysis of public reporting websites determined that there is room for improvement in the dissemination of quality information, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
The Veterans Health Administration's Medical Team Training program could help lower surgical morbidity, according to research published in the Archives of Surgery.