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The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations has released a list of the most common sentinel events since 1995 in ambulatory centers and hospitals.
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Most of the 62 same-day surgery programs that participated in the 2002 and 2003 Cataract Extraction with Lens Implantation Study experienced a decrease of five minutes or more in at least one aspect of procedure time.
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Medication errors associated with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pumps most often are caused by inadequate patient and staff education, misuse by well-intentioned family members, and improper patient selection, according to results of a recent survey by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) in Hunting-don Valley, PA.
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In the past, a dont ask, dont tell mentality permeated the issue of surgeons and their possible infection with bloodborne pathogens such as hepatitis B.
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Most Americans believe that screening tests for cancer save lives and that it is irresponsible not to undergo recommended periodic screening. The presence of a large market for cancer screening may make Americans vulnerable to unproven and unnecessary testing.
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Beksinska and colleagues from South Africa measured FSH levels in long-term older users of depot-medroxyprogesterone acetate (117 women) and norethindrone enanthate (60 women), long-acting progestin-only methods of contraception.
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Oral rofecoxib (Vioxx) may have a role in controlling postoperative pain patients undergoing knee surgery.
