In this Issue...
July 2007 • Vol. 3 No. 7
Take the time to improve accreditation
Welcome to Management Connections online
What happened to the print Management Connections? AORN took it online, to make it easy for all members to access anywhere there's a Web connection and enable powerful online search capabilities, as well as live links to related perioperative practice guidelines and research.
CDC issues updated isolation guideline
In the first major revision to its isolation guideline, CDC recommends greater administrative support to maintain nurse staffing and adherence to infection-control programs, as well as expanded recommendations on Standard Precautions, with added emphasis on respiratory hygiene/cough etiquette and safe injection practices.
Review Joint Commission draft standards
Joint Commission moving to make language of performance guidance clearer, more user friendly, posts drafts for public review.
New vision for AORN Management Solutions
With a newly elected board of directors and new strategic goals, the leadership of AORN Management Solutions (AMS) is striving to identify and meet the needs of healthcare administrators.
Perioperative Managers will have to begin developing policies and competencies needed to implement a new Joint Commission 2008 National Patient Safety Goal.
MRSA spreading faster than previously recognized
Rates of patients infected or colonized with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) were eight to 11 times greater than previous MRSA estimates, according to a survey of infection-control professionals by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, Inc.
Consultant predicts shift in nurses' value
International consulting firm sees trend toward pay-for-performance, patient satisfaction shifting hospital “revenue rainmaker” role from physicians to nurses.
Hard data to cite in Sicko debate
With Sicko, director Michael Moore’s new documentary film, making the rounds of movie houses nationwide, the cost and quality of care provided by U.S. healthcare facilities is sure to be a topic of conversation among perioperative managers.
Notice: CMS modifies facility criteria for Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) implantation
CMS has modified the facility criteria required for CMS approval to perform ventricular assist device (VAD) implantation as destination therapy.
