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Joint Commission Infection Prevention Director Provides Tips to Meet Standards
Infection control in surgery centers over the past decade has focused on ensuring all medical devices and equipment are safe to use. When accreditation surveyors visit sites, they often identify issues related to basic infection prevention practices, dilution of disinfectants, sterilization, and following manufacturing instructions.
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Nurses Share Top Concerns
Our columnist also shares new information on the return of celebrating people, site-neutral payment policies, and the rise of freestanding emergency rooms.
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Reference Pricing Can Send More Surgical Cases to ASCs
A payment model gaining traction in California could drive more surgical cases to ASCs.
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Shift of Surgical Care to ASCs Requires Some Cost Preparation
Shift of surgical care to ASCs moved steadily over the decades and now encompasses orthopedic, neurological, and other high-acuity cases that once were unimaginable for this setting.
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Human Trafficking Myths Every Healthcare Worker Should Know
Healthcare professionals and others often are mistaken about what human trafficking is and what its victims are like. Professionals could identify and help trafficking victims by learning the truth about the crime.
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Signs a Patient Could Be a Trafficking Victim
The following signs of trafficking victimization are culled from several sources and encompass both labor trafficking victims as well as sexual and underage trafficking victims.
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Human Traffickers Increasingly Take Victims to Outpatient Health Providers
Human trafficking is a worldwide problem. Often, victims are invisible to the public, including healthcare providers, who could help rescue victims if the public knew more about the issue.
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Assess and Act to Prevent ‘Dangerous and Deadly’ Legionnaires' Disease
Noting a 300 percent increase in reported cases of the disease over 10 years, an expert advises physicians and facilities to be on the lookout for Legionella bacteria.
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Case Management Leaders: Without You, We’re Nothing, Part 1
This month, we will discuss why case management leaders continue to be so challenged and how they can cope with this ever-growing and demanding job.
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Emergency Providers Play a Pivotal Role in Suicide Prevention
With suicide rates rising, there is a new focus on what frontline providers can do to address the problem.