Older or higher amounts of blood used for transfusion can lead to increased risk of complications, including infections and organ failure, according to a news report from Wake Forest University.
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A patient recruiter from a Miami healthcare agency has pled guilty for his participation in a $25 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice. Vicente Guerra-Nistal pled guilty to one count of…
The CEO of a medical imaging company based in Ocoee, Fla., will be banned from doing business with Medicare for eight years after the company attempted to defraud the U.S. of $1.6 million, according to a Bloomberg report. The U.S.…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention make the following 14 recommendations to prevent surgical site infections.
Members of the Maryland Ambulatory Surgery Association recently visited Washington, D.C., where they met with their congressional delegation to discuss the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2011 and other ASC issues, according to a report from the…
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Healthmark Industries, which develops products for the sterilization, decontamination, storage and security of surgical instruments and other medical devices and accessories, has announced the launch of a new product that can analyze a collected sample in 30 seconds and indicate…
2012 Nov/Dec Issue of Becker’s Operating Room Clinical Quality & Infection Control Supplement7 Steps to Better Quality Control at Orthopedics & Spine Surgery Centers; 5 Key Areas CMS Looks At in ASC Surveys; 6 Important AAAHC Accreditation Updates to Know;…
As part of a civil settlement, four providers within Passport Health Plan will repay $26.4 million to the provider-sponsored HMO, based in Louisville, Ky. Read the full story at Becker’s Hospital Review.
Opioids used in pain management can have a significant impact on sleep patterns, according to a report by Postgraduate Medicine.
Infusion pumps have been plagued with multiple FDA recalls in recent years, and some of the pumps identified in the recalls are still in use, according to a report by DotMed.