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What’s in YOUR Endoscope?
9 Feb 2020 The ECRI Institute has identified infection risks from sterile processing errors including cross-contamination from flexible endoscopes on its list of the top ten medical procedure hazards for the past 3 years; it’s a sign that cross-contamination from improperly reprocessed endoscopes remains a significant and serious concern.
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In Praise of Nurses
7 Apr 2019 “Lo! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Santa Filomena, 1857.)
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Continuous Quality Improvement and Learning – Part 2
4 Dec 2018 This is the second part of Continuous Quality Improvement and Learning.
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How Safe is Your Endoscopy Service?
14 Jul 2019 AACI is acutely aware of the risk related to endoscopic procedures (the ECRI Organization places this risk in the top 10 patient safety concerns for the last 2 consecutive years).
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Big Data, Did We Invent the Wheel?
1 Jul 2018 Big data is a term that describes the large volume of data – both structured and unstructured – that inundates a business on a day-to-day basis. But it’s not the amount of data that’s important. It’s what organizations do with the data that matters. Big data can be analyzed for insights that lead to better decisions and strategic business moves.
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Non-Conformities Explained in the B-777 Cockpit, or How to Fly a Aurvey Through the Hospital
17 May 2018 I love flying. Even though next year I’ll turn sixty, I’m still looking for a pilot school accepting such old pupils (arguing with my wife’s statement that I’ve never grown up).
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Hacking the Heart
4 Feb 2018 Last evening I was invited with my wife for a dinner at our friend’s home. We were celebrating his excellent recovery after he was discharged from the cardiology department in the nearby University Hospital.
