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In this issue: Tiotropium for uncontrolled asthma, sibutramine pulled from market, incidence and mortality data from WHI, FDA Actions.
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Teshale and colleagues reviewed Hepatitis E Virus (HEV) infections and the two distinct presentations associated with this virus infection.
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An outbreak of cholera is ongoing in Haiti. As of Nov. 10, 2010, the Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population (MSPP) of Haiti reported 12,303 hospital admissions and 796 deaths in six geographic departments.
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A just-released study showing that smokers have significantly more complications post-surgery than non-smokers, including a higher death rate, coupled with new Medicare reimbursement for physicians who provide counseling to prevent tobacco use for outpatients and hospitalized patients have outpatient surgery managers taking a new look at smoking cessation programs.
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In its previous "Recommended Practice for Surgical Attire," the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) didn't recommend home laundering, but for those facilities that did it, it offered some guidance on how to do it as safely as possible.
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The winner of the Healthcare Administrator Award from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) is the chief executive officer of an ambulatory surgery center.
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It was a busy Friday in September at the Farmington Surgery Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center. Patients were recovering from anesthesia.
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Next month's issue will focus on saving money and generating revenue in outpatient surgery.
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Alert fatigue can lead to behaviors in health care that might seem fine until the day they cause a tragedy, says John Banja, PhD, assistant director for health sciences and clinical ethics at Emory University in Atlanta.
