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Never let up. That is what Greenville (SC) Hospital System learned about reducing sharps injuries in the operating room. It takes a sustained effort to keep rates down.
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Many insurance companies that arent paying the full patient bills sent to them from ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) seem to have taken the stance, let em sue us, says Thomas J. Pliura, MD, JD, physician and attorney at law in Le Roy, IL. So thats exactly what some surgery centers are doing, he says.
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The Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Cares (AAAHC) 2005 Achieving Accreditation conferences will focus on 2005 standards changes, including the completely revised Chapter 5: Quality Management and Improvement.
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The 2005 standards revisions for The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) in Gurnee, IL, simplify the requirements for the increasing number of office-based surgery practices seeking accreditation.
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Although it is important to focus upon fire prevention in the operating room, dont forget to look at your staffs readiness to fight fire and treat a patient if a fire does occur, recommends Leanne Bales, RN, CNOR, administrator of Effingham (IL) Surgery Center.
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Even though surgical-fire prevention is discussed by staff, sometimes, it takes a fire to make you realize how little you and your staff understand the risks of fire in an operating room.
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Although AORN does not recommended home laundering, AORN is aware that some facilities require personnel to home launder surgical attire. If health care workers are required to home launder attire, steps should be taken to protect the home environment from possible contamination. Laundering practices similar to the commercial guidelines are recommended.
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The fifth in a series of Cataract Extraction with Lens Insertion best practices studies recently released by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care Institute for Quality Improvement (AAAHC Institute) shows that more intensive staffing and patient education can reduce the amount of time patients spend in the facility.
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In 2004, the Wilmette, IL-based Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) revised standards to identify the need for specific personnel to be available until the patient was medically and physically discharged.
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What is a good policy on cell phones in the operating room environment? We have phones going off all over the place in here. I find it very distracting!