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In conjunction with the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) is encouraging its accredited ambulatory surgery centers (ASC) to follow new guidance intended to further protect patients, families,...

Living document’ expected to be updated often as new clinical data accrue. A panel of U.S. physicians, statisticians, and other experts has developed treatment guidelines for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). These guidelines, intended for healthcare...

By: Stephen M. Hahn, M.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research and Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is an...

Healthmark has launched new customized signs to help health care facilities communicate important messages during this challenging time. In order to encourage and remind individuals of necessary steps to practice during this pandemic, Healthmark released COVID-19...

On April 20, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the following actions taken in its ongoing response effort to the COVID-19 pandemic: The FDA issued information on the use of serological (antibody) tests to help identify people who may have been exposed to...

Ten nurses from the Providence Saint John’s Health Center in California were reportedly placed on administrative leave for refusing to treat COVID-19 patients without access to N95 respirators. At the time they were suspended, it is claimed that these nurses...