Ambler Surgical and the Joint Commission on Allied Health Personnel in Ophthalmology (JCAHPO) have partnered to bring you an exclusive offer and an opportunity to view the following CE webinars on Ophthalmic Surgical Assisting and Medicare Survey Preparation. Due to … Continue reading
Background to Federal Mandates In January of 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released an action plan to prevent healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The plan started out with Phase 1, which focused on six high-priority, HAI-related areas … Continue reading
Do you know what your ophthalmic surgical instruments are made of? Why is it important to know this? Have these questions crossed your mind? Probably not! Most people don’t really care, they just use the instruments. I asked several people … Continue reading
In talking with one of our instrument manufacturers about instrument care and maintenance, the manufacturer indicated that one contributor to instruments needing repair is the use of ID marking tape. This tape is normally used to color coordinate surgical instruments … Continue reading
QUESTION For ophthalmology procedures, some ophthalmology centers buy 30 cc bottles of Betadine which are labeled “single use only” on the side of the bottle. They draw up 1cc syringes of Betadine from this bottle (pouring the Betadine into sterile … Continue reading
