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Citing a lack of sterility assurance, Abrams Royal Pharmacy in Dallas has issued a voluntary recall on all lots of unexpired sterile products, citing a lack of sterility assurance.

Lawrenceville, N.J.-based GS1 US was named the first accrediting issuing agency for unique device identifiers by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, according to a news release.

Phillip Clendenin, executive vice president of operations at AmSurg, has been appointed a member of the 2014 Fellows class of the Nashville Health Care Council.

The following are the 10 most popular articles on the Becker's ASC and Becker's Hospital Review quality channels for the week of Dec. 16-20, starting with the most-read:

The following are the 10 most popular patient safety tools for the week of Dec. 16-20, starting with the most-read:

The following are recent findings in the quality realm in the last two weeks of December, collected from Becker's coverage and starting with the most recent finding:

There are 437,639 active specialist physicians in the United States, according to State Health Facts report from The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Here are the 10 states with the highest number of specialist physicians.

According to an article published in LexisNexis, average freestanding ambulatory surgery centers have 4.62 Medicare-approved operating rooms per 100,000 population.

Actuaries are continuing to debate how healthcare reform will impact medical liability insurance premiums, even as the average indemnity payment in 2013 remained relatively stable, according to an American Medical Association report.

Recent figures from the American Medical Group Association broke down median salaries for orthopedic surgeons based on subspecialty, according to a Houston Chronicle report.