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Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for Monday, June 24, 2013.

Hospitals do not have standard strategies for Clostridium difficile prevention, according to a study in the American Journal of Infection Control.

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has issued a Practice Alert with evidence-based strategies for nurses to reduce alarm fatigue and improve patient safety.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Linda Lansing and Kelly Bemis, RN, BSN, will give a presentation titled "Implementing Safe Surgery Checklists at Your Surgery Center."

The schedule on which dialysis patients are administered supplemental iron affects their risk of developing serious infections, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 

Duke University genetics and bioengineering researchers have published a new study that demonstrates proof-of-concept for a novel process that uses silver nanoparticles to detect infections before patients even show symptoms.

Mark A. Holt, MD, joined the Coshocton (Ohio) Hospital Orthopaedic Clinic, according to a Coshocton Tribune report.  

Genesis Medical Center, a pain management clinic, in Tampa, Fla., announced that it has opened a new location in Temple Terrace, Fla.

Globus Medical launched its LATIS minimally invasive lumbar interbody fusion spacer to treat degenerative disc disease.

Wright Medical Group announced it will sell its hip and knee implant business, OrthoRecon, according to a Daily News report.