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Retained items in surgery are a constant risk in the OR, and there still is no perfect solution. The best strategy is to combine more than one prevention method and tailor the effort to the particular type of surgery, experts say.
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Equipment, supplies often unavailable in life-threatening emergencySupplies that were the incorrect size. Missing items. Empty oxygen tanks. Drained batteries on equipment. Unstocked or unlocked crash carts.
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Surgical blades, a surgical camera, and laparoscopes disappear over two years from a hospital. The culprit? A nurse who admitted to stealing more than $300,000 worth of medical equipment and supplies from the hospital and reselling them over the Internet.
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Hamilton Ambulatory Surgery Center in Dalton, GA, has received the Summit Award from Press Ganey Associates for the fourth year in a row.
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I go through 400-500 patient satisfaction surveys per month. Like you, I am relatively busy just getting through life, but these are 400 to 500 patients and their family taking time out of their lives to tell me how we are doing as a business. Regardless of what you might think, health care in 2010 is a business!
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[Editor's note: This is the second part of a two-part series in avoiding liability in contracting. In last month's issue we told you about how you can end up contracting with the wrong company and what your liability can be. In this issue, we give you specific steps to take to investigate vendors, and we offer a list of items to watch for in the contract. We also discuss accreditation requirements.]
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[Editor's note: This is the first part of a two-part series on avoiding liability in contracting. In this month's issue, we tell you about how you can end up contracting with the wrong company and what your liability can be. In next month's issue, we give you specific steps to investigate vendors, and we suggest items to watch for in the contract.]
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Well, this is a fine mess all us health care providers are all getting into isn't it? I mean, we have oil spills, the earthquakes, and volcanoes and various other sundries out there to make our lives more complicated and miserable.
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A woman came in for breast implants and went under anesthesia. The silicone implants she had selected were not available; only saline ones were there.
