News and Notes

DNV Healthcare USA Inc. has released an advisory notice that announces that it will now conduct NIAHO Annual (periodic) surveys remotely for the remainder of calendar 2021.

Patient safety is a top priority at Elbert Memorial Hospital. As hospitals look for new and innovative ways to stop the spread of germs, Elbert Memorial Hospital has taken high-tech measures with the deployment of two LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robots that quickly destroy viruses and bacteria in hard-to-clean places.

Chamberlain University and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) announced that three health care systems will be the first to join a workforce preparedness initiative addressing critical shortages of operating room nurses.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC) invites organizations to attend its virtual Achieving Accreditation conference taking place September 13-15.

Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company pioneering first-of-its-kind miniaturized robots for laparoscopic surgery, has announced that the world’s first surgery using the MIRA (“miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant”) Surgical Platform has been successfully performed by Michael A. Jobst, M.D., at Bryan Medical Center in Lincoln, Nebraska.

As the leading advocate for the safety of perioperative nurses and surgery patients, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has launched a national petition urging the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to issue regulations requiring worker and patient protections from harmful surgical smoke.