The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published a document to help healthcare providers, including ambulatory surgery centers, conduct proper surveillance of surgical site infections.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed a new medical device innovation initiative, the Innovation Pathway, a priority review program for new, breakthrough medical devices, according to an FDA news release.
Wolters Kluwer Health has announced Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth has selected its ProVation MD software for cardiology procedure documentation and coding in the hospital's cardiac catheterization lab.
Medical Web Technologies, a provider of web-based medical information solutions, has announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued the company a patent which covers the process of guiding a patient through the creation of a structured, online…
Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. "If patients develop an infection, it could mean losing the implant and going back to surgery," says Linda Greene, RN,…
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Infection prevention and control is a high-priority item for ambulatory surgery centers, but it doesn't need to be an expensive venture. Tina Piotrowski, clinical director at Northwest Michigan Surgery Center in Traverse City, Mich., shares three ways ASCs can strengthen…
Going into 2011, ASCs should be cognizant of the impact of the economy, healthcare reform and other legislation on patient safety issues. Harlan Pollock, MD, president of American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities, which has published over 1…
The global hospital-associated bacterial infections market is forecast to reach $1.4 billion by 2016, indicated a reduced growth rate due to patent expiries of major blockbusters, which are expected to decrease the annual cost of therapy after 2009, according to…
Injectable drug shortages are forcing physicians to resort to other alternatives that are less safe or postpone or cancel procedures altogether, posing serious patient safety risks or in some cases death, according to a USA Today news report.
A new white paper published by MicroTest Labs outlines the application of disinfection and cleaning validation requirements for reusable medical devices that are in line with U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations, according to a MicroTest Labs news release.