United Surgical Partners International (USPI), the largest ambulatory surgery platform in the country and a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare, and Providence, a not-for-profit health system serving the Western U.S., have signed a new development agreement that will increase access to ambulatory surgical services across many communities.
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A pair of researchers from the School of Nursing at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Belo Horizonte have noted that sterile processing departments studied in Brazil continue to take grave risks in their use of brushes when cleaning flexible endoscopes.Â