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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive >  Infection Control 2005

Maintain High Flexible Scope Reprocessing Standards

Infection rates are low, but the process is still error-prone. Here's a refresher.

Chris Morkides, Contributing Editor

While endoscopy-related infections are estimated to occur just once in every 1.8 million procedures (or roughly six in the 10 million procedures annually), they do happen.

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