Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City has stopped use of its tap water after traces of Legionella were found in it, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
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The Massachusetts government has published 2010-2011 ambulatory surgical center employee influenza vaccination results (pdf).
Jesseye Arrambide, RN, BSN, CNOR, executive director at Oregon Outpatient Surgery Center and vice president and program chair of the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association, shares 10 ways surgery centers can save money on supplies and equipment.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has developed eight free, downloadable button and sticker designs to help your organization raise flu awareness among your clinical staff and patients.
Amerinet, a national healthcare group purchasing organization, has announced it has signed a new five-year agreement with Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia for the organizations to partner on cost saving and quality enhancement initiatives, according to an Amerinet news release.
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Kelly Durian is executive director of the Iowa City Ambulatory Surgery Center, managed by Surgical Management Professionals.
Ongoing concerns about the safety of vaginal mesh products have led to about 600 lawsuits so far against four major makers of the product, according to a Bloomberg BusinessWeek report.
Steven T. Nguyen, MD, an anesthesiologist specializing in pain management, has joined the New England Pain Diagnosis and Treatment Center at Berkshire Medical Center in Pittsfield, Mass., according to an iBerkshires report.
The Medical Board of California is investigating charges that a Southern California physician withheld part of Demerol injections for pain patients and took them himself, according to a Lake Elsinore-Wildomar Patch report.
The Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons and the Kentucky Medical Association are warning that proposed training standards for optometrists to perform eye surgery are inadequate, according to a joint news release from the organizations.