Most hospitals in Scotland are going to be banned from contracting out cleaning and catering services to private firms as part of a new drive toward cutting the spread of deadly superbugs.
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Many outpatient surgery providers throw away their markers after designating the surgical site. But could you save money and help the environment by reusing them? One recent study points to that possibility, at least for one brand of markers.
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Declination statements are being used in widespread efforts to have large numbers of outpatient surgery staff members and others vaccinated for the flu.
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Newly released 2009 payment rates for ambulatory surgery will be painful for certain specialties, says Kathy Bryant, president of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association. For example, gastrointestinal cases have a 7% decrease, which is added to a 5% decrease last year, Bryant says.
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Question: Please explain the difference between pushing patients out the door versus letting them become lounge lizards that seemingly have no place to go after their surgery.
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In the wake of a highly publicized outbreak of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) in Las Vegas, proposed state laws in Nevada include proposals to hire infection preventionists (IPs) as consultants to oversee practice in freestanding centers.
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In recent years, large outbreaks of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infections have occurred among patients in private medical practices, pain clinics, endoscopy clinics, and a hematology/oncology practice.
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The National Quality Forum (NQF) has endorsed 13 clinician-level consensus standards related to perioperative care and four facility-level measures in surgery and anesthesia.
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