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Revised Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheets

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

The CMS Center for Medicaid and State Operations/Survey and Certification Group released a memo March 5, 2010, regarding Revised Ambulatory Surgical Center (ASC) Infection Control Surveyor Worksheets. Click here for the revised Infection Control Worksheets…

Hospital infections killed 48,000, report shows

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Pneumonia and blood-borne infections caught in U.S. hospitals killed 48,000 patients and cost $8.1 billion in 2006, according to a report released on Monday.

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Steris System 1 Processor: FDA Notice and Recommendations

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

FDA notified healthcare facility administrators and infection control healthcare professionals of important information regarding the regulatory status of the STERIS System 1 Processor (SS1) used in surgical and endoscopy suites for reprocessing, i.e., sterilizing or disinfecting, medical devices.

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Medicare’s New Infection Control Requirements

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

Medicare’s recently revised Conditions for Coverage — the requirements ASCs need to meet to be Medicare certified — become effective May 18, 2009. Are you and your ASC prepared?

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Safe Injection Practices

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

APIC Position Paper: Safe Injection, Infusion and Medication Vial Practices in Healthcare

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HHS Announces Infection Control Surveys for ASCs

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Testifying before Congress today about preventing infections acquired in health care settings, an official from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to launch a new survey tool for ASCs.

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Talking About Flash Sterilization

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Carina Stanton, MA
AORN

When it comes to preventing infection, perioperative professionals are at a crossroads. From one direction, regulatory agencies including the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are instituting more stringent rules holding healthcare facilities responsible for surgical-site infections. From another direction, facilities face limited supplies and increasing pressures to handle…

States Attack Hospital Acquired Infections

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Aricka Flowers
The Heartland Institute

When people enter a hospital for treatment, they typically expect to leave it either cured or doing much better. But according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2 million patients contract hospital-acquired infections each year–and 90,000 of them die as a result.

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Hospital Infection Reporting Laws Spread Across the Country

Wednesday, May 9th, 2007

Consumer Union

Growing Concern Over Patient Infections Prompting States to Take Action

Every day, an average of nearly 250 people die from infections they pick up in the hospital, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now more states are moving to shine the spotlight on this serious public…

Medical “Dirty Secret” Out in Open

Friday, March 9th, 2007

Joyce Howard Price
The Washington Times

The alarmingly high number of life-threatening infections occurring in U.S. hospitals has prompted medical staffs and state lawmakers to focus on better awareness and take steps to reduce the spread.

“For too long” hospitals and dialysis centers “have kept patient infections a dirty secret,” said Lisa McGiffert…

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