Same-Day Surgery – October 1, 2011
October 1, 2011
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Prank in surgery puts facility, staff on wrong end of lawsuit
A Texas hospital, its parent company, two surgical nurses, a nurse anesthetist, and a surgical tech are facing a lawsuit charging them with assault and intentional infliction of emotional distress after what the plaintiff says was a prank played on him while he was anesthetized for surgery. An appeals court recently ruled that the defendants should stand trial. -
Infection control surveys planned for hospitals
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which is the single largest payer for healthcare in the United States, is creating a hospital inspection program focused specifically on infection control. -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: A compilation: Lessons that I've learned
After a talk I gave last month, someone came up to me after the meeting and asked me this question, "After all the years you have been doing this [surgical consulting], what are some of the things you have learned?" -
Center shares lessons from water damage
Managers at surgery centers have learned that, similar to a Code Blue, you must react quickly when you have a water leak to prevention serious damage, including mold. -
What should you do about shellac nails?
Have your staff members' shellac nails raised questions about whether they are artificial and an infection control threat? -
Periop complications after noncardiac surgery
In this study of a large administrative database, the incidence of selected complications in patients diagnosed with sleep apnea (SA) was compared to that in patients undergoing similar surgical procedures who were not diagnosed with SA.