There was a recent lawsuit filed alleging negligence, corporate negligence and malpractice against a Connecticut surgery center, according to a NewsTimes report.
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Sixteen international health systems have begun a year-long project called the Safer Care Accelerator. The project will gather and share data with the goal to design systems to improve patient safety, according to a report from CMAJ.
A study in The Journal of Hospital Infection, "Reducing viral contamination from finger pads: handwashing is more effective than alcohol-based hand disinfectants," concluded washing hands with soap and water is a better option than using alcohol-based disinfectants to remove noroviruses.
Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for April 21, 2015.
Spending on medicines increased 13.1 percent in 2014, the highest level since 2001, according to a report by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in the long term is feasible when a bundle of infection control precautions are strictly enforced over time, according to a study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.
Gramercy Surgery Center in New York has partnered with CivaTech Oncology to open a brachytherapy center of excellence.
The Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery in Mokena, Ill., has adopted Microline Surgical's MiFusion ENTceps for tonsillectomy.
A new report from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality shows patient safety is improving but there is still room for growth at hospitals.
In 2014, human factors were the most frequently identified root cause of sentinel events, according to "Sentinel Event Data Root Causes by Event Type 2004-2014," released by The Joint Commission.