A subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a fiscal year 2015 spending bill for HHS, as well as the Labor and Education departments.
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Reprocessing? Injections? Personal technology? Hand hygiene? While healthcare experiences dramatic advances, infection control continues to encounter some of the same consistently thorny issues. The following are 10 thoughts on improving infection prevention and control in the ASC setting, according to…
Press Ganey has acquired the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators, a quality improvement and nurse engagement tool.
General Motors' ongoing troubles over faulty ignition switches are a clear example of how not to build a culture of safety. Unfolding over 11 years, organizational failures at GM led to airbag failures linked with at least 13 deaths.
Here are 10 keys to being a great ASC administrator from Surgical Directions and other leaders in the surgery center industry.
Attend a session with Jeff Peters of Surgical Directions at Becker's Hospital Review Annual Chief Executive Officer Strategy Roundtable.
Surgical Care Affiliates will move its Birmingham, Ala. offices to Homewood, Ala., according to a report from the Birmingham Business Journal.
All ambulatory surgery centers experience revenue leaks and it is the management's responsibility to survey business practices and find out where these losses are happening, according to an abeo blog post.
A study published in the American Journal of Infection Control has validated the World Health Organization's "Five Moments for Hand Hygiene" methodology or the HOW2 Benchmark Study, which includes a formula to estimate the number of hand hygiene opportunities per…
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology announced six recipients of the Heroes of Infection Prevention Award.
