Susan A. Dolan, RN, MS, CIC, public policy committee chair of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, spoke at an American Nurses Association event marking the 10-year anniversary of the federal Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, according…
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Regent Surgical Health has named John Phelps III as its new director of physician marketing.
Jane Kirk MSN, RN, CIC, clinical specialist, advised GOJO Industries, a leading global producer and marketer of skin health and hygiene solutions for away-from-home settings, about the basics of good hand hygiene practices. Even with all of the technology that…
Simi Valley (Calif.) Hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. government $5.15 million in order to settle allegations that the hospital filed fraudulent claims to Medicare, according to a Pacific Coast Business Times news report.
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Barbara Haynes, a circuit court judge who ruled in favor of Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt in a malpractice lawsuit, is now under fire for not disclosing that she sits on the board of that hospital, according to…
A former podiatrist, who practiced in Gates, N.Y., and pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud charges, has avoided the five years of prison time recommended by prosecutors, according to a WHEC news report.
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control assessed whether specific secondary ICD-9-CM infection codes could act as predictors of surgical site infections, according to the study's abstract.
Noridian Administrative Services has reversed its non-coverage of lumbar facet blocks and will now cover the costs for the injections starting Nov. 9, according to the coverage policy released by NAS.
Ophthalmologist Nan Hayworth, MD, has won the New York 19th Congressional District, according to news reports.