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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...

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

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Cataract Knives and CJD: Is There a Connection?

Marlene Brunswick, RN, CNOR

Reprocessing and reusing single-use cataract knives can save facilities a lot of money, but does the practice put patients at risk for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)? The evidence to date suggests the risk is very low or non-existent. But because of the long incubation periods for the disease, it's impossible to give a definitive answer.

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