By MATTHEW PERRONE AP U.S. health regulators on Tuesday halted sales of a type of surgical mesh used to repair pelvic conditions in women, following years of patients’ reports of injuries and complications from the implants. The Food and Drug Administration ordered the two remaining makers of the mesh — Boston Scientific and Coloplast — […]
Read MoreEurekAlert! The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Surgical Safety Checklist over a decade ago, in an effort to reduce mortality after surgery. The BJS (British Journal of Surgery) has published a study that used a national database to look at the records of over 12 million patients. The authors were interested in the numbers of deaths before […]
Read MoreAuthors: Theodor S. Sigurdsson, M.D. et al Anesthesiology 5 2019, Vol.130, 712-718. What We Already Know about This Topic: To date, there are not clinically practical, accurate, and precise noninvasive methods for measuring cardiac output in small children What This Article Tells Us That Is New: This study describes a noninvasive method by which ultrasound can […]
Read MoreThe Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has issued a new expert guidance on how hospitals and healthcare providers may reduce infections associated with anaesthesiology procedures and equipment in the operating room. The guidance, published in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, recommends steps to improve infection prevention through increased hand hygiene, environmental disinfection, and continuous […]
Read MoreWritten by Angie Stewart Source: Becker’s ASC Review Certain relationships between ASC and anesthesia service providers create compliance issues related to anti-kickback laws, according to healthcare law firm Nelson Hardiman. Here are three takeaways: 1. In ASC-anesthesia services arrangements, the transfer of anything of value from the anesthesia provider to the ASC or ASC owners […]
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