Same-Day Surgery – June 1, 2003
June 1, 2003
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Take action now before drugs cause a tragedy at your facility
In this first part of a two-part series on drug-impaired employees, we give you suggestions on how to avoid employee theft of narcotics. -
Surprise! The team’s here for your JCAHO survey
Same-day surgery programs accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations will no longer be able to prepare for a specific survey date in the next few years because the Joint Commission will conduct all regular accreditation surveys on an unannounced basis beginning in January 2006. -
Take steps to prevent spread of SARS cases
If you dont assess patients preoperatively for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), you run the risk of spreading the potentially fatal disease in your facility, infectious disease experts warn. -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: Don’t ignore the gorilla in the room: Poor morale
20% of respondents to last years Same-Day Surgery Reader Survey said that morale is their most challenging problem, which means morale tied with documentation/paperwork as the second biggest challenge overall. -
Waiting times are top improvement opportunities
This is the second in a two-part series that looks at patient satisfaction scores for freestanding and hospital-based same-day surgery programs. Last month, we looked at overall scores and key issues for all same-day surgery programs. This month, we will look at areas of greatest opportunity for improvement for each type of program. -
Communication, pre-op visits reduce complaints
Why am I waiting so long? Its one comment that staff members always can expect to hear from patients and family members, say experts interviewed by Same-Day Surgery. -
Just how old are your waiting room magazines?
Same-day surgery staff members point with pride to their turnover times, numbers of procedures handled during a day, and outstanding clinical outcomes, but patients and their family members notice things such as waiting room reading material, noisy children, and their own hunger. -
Gynecare surgical gel removed from market
Gynecare Worldwide, a division of Ethicon of Somerville, NJ, has voluntarily withdrawn Gynecare Intergel Adhesion Prevention Solution from the market and is urging customers to immediately stop using this product. -
Free webcast targets wrong-site surgery
The Northern Michigan Operating Room Education Network will offer a free webcast on wrong-site or wrong-body part surgery in june.