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Absentmindedly holding doors, a practice known as tailgating, open can allow unauthorized personnel access to secure areas, according to a blog by The Joint Commission.

June 2017 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On the Cover The Next 5 Years for Spine Surgery in ASCs: Key Thoughts From Dr. Frank PhillipsFrank Phillips, MD, co-founder of the Minimally Invasive Spine Institute at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush in…

World Health Organization's overall mission is to fight diseases plaguing citizens spanning the globe.

The Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge (La.) recently installed the Xenex LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot.

Despite their best efforts, infection and prevention leaders can struggle to keep facilities, especially in ASCs, due to limited resources available to implement a standardized environmental cleaning program. However, as all settings of care are susceptible to infection, ambulatory leaders…

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a fee-reauthorization bill that would triple the amount of time medical device companies have to report device malfunctions for certain products, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.

Researchers evaluated hospital discharges with a primary surgical site infection diagnoses from 1998 to 2001 to assess whether warmer weather impacted SSI risk, according to Cambridge Core.

According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2016 Census, 35 percent of orthopedic surgeons are in a private practice group.

The FDA is requiring drug manufacturers to provide and pay for physicians' training relating to immediate-release opioids, Medscape reports.

As controversy around concurrent surgeries continues to brew, The Washington Post ran a Kaiser Health News story breaking down concurrent surgeries.