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Where to Find Reprocessing Guidelines
When an ASC begins revamping its reprocessing program, a good place to start is with guidelines that can be found easily. Here are some suggestions based on recommendations from federal agencies and other professional organizations.
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Put Reprocessing Compliance on This Year’s To-do List
Surgery centers that fail to pay close attention to their reprocessing processes could end up causing dangerous — even fatal — infections. Although the rate of infection from endoscopy is low, it’s likely that some infections related to reprocessing problems are not reported because patients do not attribute their illness to a procedure they might have undergone several weeks earlier. Experts recommend creating site-specific reprocessing guidelines based on federal and/or other expert recommendations.
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Proposed ‘Conscience’ Rule Could Interfere With Patient Care
In mid-January 2018, the Trump administration took two steps to expand and enforce federal “conscience” protections, which allow individuals and organizations in the healthcare field to refuse to provide or be involved with services, information, and referrals to which they have religious or moral objections.
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Be Vigilant for Zika Infection
Clinicians are urged to maintain vigilance regarding the Zika virus in women of reproductive age.
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More Women Opting for Outpatient Laparoscopy for Hysterectomies
Hysterectomy is the second most common procedure performed for women in the United States. Laparotomy followed by inpatient hospitalization has been the traditional surgical approach. A recent report suggests that fewer women are opting for traditional procedures.
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Women Who Breastfeed for Six Months or Longer Found to Have Reduced Diabetes Risk
Breastfeeding for six months or longer cuts the risk of developing type 2 diabetes nearly in half for women throughout their childbearing years, according to results of a long-term observational study.
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Cervical Cancer Screening May Be Less Effective in Obese Women
Results from a large retrospective study of women undergoing cervical cancer screening indicate that overweight and obese women had an increased risk of cervical cancer compared to normal weight women.
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Compliance Measures for the Case Manager’s Daily Practice — Part 3
In the last two issues, we reviewed the areas of compliance in the Conditions of Participation for utilization review and began our discussion on the CoP for discharge planning. In this issue, we will continue our discussion of the areas of compliance for discharge planning.
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EDs Confront Surge in Hospitalizations and Deaths From Flu-related Complications
With flu widespread in every state except Hawaii, frontline providers have been busy this year trying to stay ahead of what is shaping up to be a robust flu season.
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AHA Requests Delay of Application Deadline for Bundled Payments Program
The American Hospital Association has asked CMS to delay the March 12 deadline for hospitals to apply for the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Advanced program and to furnish more detailed information on how the program would work.