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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) in Denver regularly receives questions from members about their counting procedures. Here are some of the most common, with answers from Ramona Conner, RN, MSN, perioperative nursing specialist at AORN.
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If you are looking for examples of alternative approaches to the 2003 National Patient Safety Goal recommendations, check out a new web site offered by the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations.
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In addition to posting signs in the operating room to remind staff to take a time-out just prior to the first incision to verify the surgical site, there are other activities you should perform on an ongoing basis to make sure staff follow your time-out policy.
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As a manager, what is your greatest challenge? What cause your greatest headaches and takes the most of your time? In an informal and anonymous poll of friends in the business, Stephen W. Earnhart asks these and other questions.
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Beginning July 1, 2004, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare will require organizations that provide surgical services to comply with a new universal protocol for preventing wrong-site, wrong-procedure, and wrong-person surgery.
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The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) has published a position statement for reprocessing flexible gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopes.
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a 3.8% increase for the hospital outpatient prospective payment system (OPPS) for 2004.
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HIPAA Q&A
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When you think about patient safety, the first things that come to mind are usually clinical issues such as identification of correct surgical sites, verification of medication allergies, and proper use of electrosurgical equipment.