The operating room should be a key target for ambulatory surgery center infection control programs because it is the source of many infections, such as surgical site infections and catheter-associated ...

The following is written by Peter Sheldon, CBSE, vice president of operations and development for Coverall Health-Based Cleaning System. As the risk of infections continues to grow in healthcare ...

A Canadian hospital was able to reduce the rate of surgical site infections by 77 percent for open heart surgeries after implementing a surgical safety best practices bundle, according to a case study ...

Mercy Regional Medical Center in Durango, Colo., has reduced the number of nonemergent and elective procedures at the hospital after staff found cleaning and sterilization issues with some surgical ...