Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration Releases Single-use Device Reprocessing Toolkit
ALEXANDRIA, VA (November 22, 2010) – Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) interested in learning more about the best practices for reprocessing single-use devices can now download a free toolkit provided by the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration (ASC QC). The Single-Use Device Reprocessing Toolkit is part of the ASC QC’s ASC Tools for Infection Prevention (ASC TIPs) initiative and the fifth in a series of free infection prevention resources now available on line.
ASC QC introduced its ASC TIPs series with a Hand Hygiene Toolkit posted on its web site last June. The other toolkits currently available on that web site focus on safe injection practices, point of care devices and environmental infection protection. Basic and expanded versions of all five toolkits are available. The basic versions include essential resources such as Medicare surveyor worksheets and policy guides. The expanded versions include assessment tools, implementation aids, training materials, monitoring tools, workplace reminders and guidelines from leading authorities on the topics the toolkits address.
The ASC TIPs toolkits are available at www.ascquality.org/advancing_asc_quality.cfm.
About the Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Collaboration is a group of organizations and companies that work together to ensure that ASC quality data are appropriately developed and reported and to identify specific measures for quality that are appropriate to ASCs. For more information about the ASC QC, visit www.ascquality.org.
About the ASC Association and the Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee
The ASC Association (ASCA) and Ambulatory Surgery Center Advocacy Committee (ASCAC) are working to raise awareness of the important role that ASCs play in the US health care system and the high-quality, cost-effective care that ASCs provide. For more about ASCs, the ASCA and the ASCAC, visit www.ascassociation.org and www.advancingsurgicalcare.com.
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