Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president of Sheldon S. Sones and Associates, a pharmacy and accreditation consulting firm based in Newington, Conn. Q: We currently have clonidine po in our code cart. If I delete it from the code…
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Beth LaBouyer, RN, CNOR, executive director of California Ambulatory Surgery Association, and Debbie Mack, RN, CNOR, CASC, immediate past president of CASA and vice president of operations at Chicago-based National Surgical Hospitals, discuss six practices California ASCs can adopt right…
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control and presented at the 36th APIC Annual Education Conference found a safety feature-enhanced needle disposal device aided in significant reductions in sharps injuries, according to the study's abstract.
Talks of a possible plea agreement in the case against a Linwood, N.J., vascular surgeon have stalled, according to a Press of Atlantic City news report.
Cardinal Health is aiming to expand its services for surgery centers and ambulatory care, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report. Comments about Cardinal Health’s future plans were attributed to George Barrett, Cardinal Health’s chairman and CEO. Mr. Barrett…
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Two of the documents Lakeland (Fla.) Surgical & Diagnostic Center uses which are related to sterile processing are a sterile processing department testing and load form and sterile processing department testing and load QI worksheet. “We use these forms…
Negotiating with vendors over supplies and equipment can be difficult and intimidating. Carol Slagle, CASC, administrator of the Specialty Surgery Center of Central New York, offers seven ways to make sure you use information to your advantage and get the…
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals, maker of painkillers Darvon and Darvocet, the brand version of the prescription pain medication propoxyphene, with withdraw the drugs from the U.S. market after the FDA requested the withdrawal. The…
A new study indicates traditional laparoscopic hysterectomy surgery is not only less expensive than robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy but the two approaches result in similar clinical outcomes, according to a news release from Johnson & Johnson. The study, “Comparing Robot-Assisted…