Articles Tagged With: procedure
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Midurethral Slings for the Management of Stress Urinary Incontinence
The controversy surrounding polypropylene mesh use has confused and discouraged women from seeking surgical treatment for stress urinary incontinence. Midurethral slings remain the standard of care for the surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
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Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure of the Cervix: Which Is the Best Method of Anesthesia?
In this randomized controlled trial comparing local anesthesia and general anesthesia for loop electrosurgical excision procedure of the cervix, there was no difference in patient satisfaction. However, women in the local anesthesia group had significantly smaller cone volumes and less blood loss than those in the general anesthesia group.
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Learn How to Don and Doff PPE Correctly
Teaching providers how to put on and remove personal protective equipment may be one of the most important things any healthcare organization can focus on. When this process is not performed correctly, a worker can become exposed and potentially infected.
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Pediatric Groups Update Sedation Clinical Guidelines
The American Academy of Pediatrics, with the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, has issued updated clinical guidelines for delivering safe sedation to pediatric patients before, during, and after diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
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Oregon Hospitals Offer Cost Estimates Within Three Days
The Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems in Lake Oswego announced that every Oregon hospital can provide a cost estimate for hospital services for a scheduled procedure within three business days.
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Auth in Place, Then Different Procedure Is Done? Avoid “No Auth” Claims Denials
When a physician orders a procedure to be performed in a surgical setting at Birmingham, AL-based UAB Hospital, patient access staff start the process of obtaining required authorizations.
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Standardization is critical to avoid retained items
According to The Joint Commission, having different expectations for counts, depending on the type of procedure being performed, can lead to unintended retained foreign objects.
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Wrong-site surgery traced to lack of timeout
A surgeon’s wrong-site error on a patient’s brain happened because he failed to perform a timeout before the procedure, according to a recent court decision that also describes how the physician tried to hide his error and did not report the sentinel event to administrators.
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Can you offer total hips and knees in 23 hours? Yes!
Start posting patients for hip replacements and send them home in less than 24 hours directly from your surgery center. No 72-hour-stay facility is needed.