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Common Infection Control Findings During ASC Surveys
An ASC might follow processes that appear to be adequate or even best practices when it comes to infection prevention. Then, a surveyor visits, and a deficiency appears.
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Infection Prevention Best Practices
Infection prevention in surgery centers begins with action and commitment at the top. ASC leaders must commit to supporting the infection preventionists, staff education, monitoring reprocessing, disinfection, hand hygiene, surgical site infection prevention strategies, and other prevention activities.
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The Essential Components of an ASC Infection Control Program
Surgery centers will fulfill the requirements of an infection prevention program if they focus on all aspects regulators and accrediting agencies require.
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Infection Concerns Gain FDA Attention
The FDA has focused on scope cleaning in recent months, highlighting the potential for infections. The agency alerted healthcare providers to the risk of cross-contamination with some connectors used in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Regulators warned three duodenoscope manufacturers that they must comply with a federal order to conduct postmarket surveillance studies that assess duodenoscope reprocessing.
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Abstract and Commentary: Mindfulness and Hospital Employee Health
This effort to better understand the effect of brief mindfulness interventions on healthcare providers is a welcome approach to a poorly studied area of healthcare: how to best take care of the caregivers.
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The Shocking Suicide Rate in Female Veterinarians
Female veterinarians — the rising demographic in this field of medicine — have a fourfold higher suicide rate than their male colleagues, the CDC recently reported.
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CDC Drafts New Pertussis Guidelines
The CDC has drafted new pertussis guidance for healthcare workers as part of an ongoing update of its Guideline for Infection Control in Healthcare Personnel.
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Violence Prevention by Design in EDs
In the increasing threat of violence in healthcare, the ED is ground zero. Given the threat, it is time to start designing violence prevention in the ED structure.
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Conditions That Trigger Healthcare Violence
The Joint Commission recently issued a Sentinel Event Alert on violence in healthcare that identifies some key triggers and prevention measures.
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The Joint Commission Issues Sentinel Event Alert on Violence
With reports of violence increasingly common, The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert emphasizing that accreditation standards require measures to protect healthcare workers and patients.