Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for March 23, 2015.
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As a 'precautionary measure,' a Santa Barbara woman who was being monitored for Ebola was taken to an undisclosed Los Angeles area hospital Sunday night after displaying fever and illness, reports ABC 7.
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A new study from South Korea in the American Journal of Infection Control suggests most patients are willing to remind their healthcare provider, which prompted Reuters to report today that in fact, physicians and nurses do not like the idea…
A study, conducted by the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, showed that the incidence of dermatitis increased 4.5 times in healthcare workers after hand hygiene compliance increased, according to a European Cleaning Journal report.
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The Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority has granted up to $11.8 million in funds to connect hospitals and ambulatory centers to the Pennsylvania Patient & Provider Network, or P3N, which enables electronic health information across the state.
A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine provides data on which commonly used antibiotic is most effective for uncomplicated skin infections, Clindamycin or Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole?
According to research by Thomas Obadia and colleagues published in PLOS Computational Biology, wireless sensors recording human interactions reveal close proximity interactions between patient and healthcare workers in Berck-sur-Mer hospital, France, acted as pathways for the transmission of S. aureus…
Robinwood Surgery Center in Hagerstown, Md., has closed, and now more than 1,100 medical supplies and items will be auctioned off online, according to a Your4state report.
1. Midtown Surgery Center announced the first-ever use of robotics during a total extra-peritoneal hernia repair, according to a statement, performed by Mark Reiner, MD, and Brian Katz, MD.