ASCA NEWS


Register for ASCA’s Fall Seminar Join top experts in ASC management to delve into critical clinical and oper- ational issues confronting ASCs today and find ways to strategically position your ASC for future success. Register today for ASCA’s 2015 Fall Seminar in Louisville, Kentucky, October 8–10. Friday, October 9’s concurrent ses- sions will cover finance and account- ing principles, physician credentialing, the 10th


Revision of the International


Classification of Diseases (ICD-10), pharmacy management, Quality Assur- ance and Performance Improvement (QAPI) programs, evaluations and new employee orientation. Thursday, Octo- ber 8, and Saturday, October 10’s break- out sessions will cover quality reporting, human resources and the Life Safety Code and include an update on new sterilization standards from the Associ- ation for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). The sessions are approved for up to 17:75 nursing contact hours and up to 17.75 AEUs. The Board of Ambulatory Surgery


Certification (BASC) will offer the Certified Administrator Surgery Center (CASC) exam on Saturday, October 10. This in-depth seminar is aimed at ASC professionals seeking advanced content on ways to streamline operations, enhance bottom lines and make the most of new technology while remaining compliant with evolving regulatory criteria. Learn more and register online at www.ascassociation.org/ 2015FallSeminar.


Access Online Training, Earn CE Credits ASCA’s Regulatory Training Series is a convenient way to earn continuing education (CE) credits year round without having to travel and for less than $3 per credit. ASCA has partnered with HealthStream to offer a collection of 21 courses that apply specifically to ASCs and can be used to train ASC staff on the most current regulations


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and standards of care. Sixteen of the interactive courses provide CE credit. The series can help your ASC ori-


ent new staff, meet regulatory and accreditation standards, assess compe- tency, engage all of its team members in improving your ASC’s quality of care and achieve top outcomes in clini- cal and business operations. Visit www.ascassociation.org/


TrainingSeries or call 800.933.9293 to


purchase the ASCA Regulatory


Training Series or schedule a demo. The courses accommodate various learning styles and feature easy navigation between and within modules.


Names in the News


Do you have a new hire? Did your company win an award? Or did your management change? You can highlight all your company announcements in the Names in the News section of ASCA’s web site. This resource is available for free to both ASCA members and nonmembers.


ASCA members will need to be logged in and nonmembers will need to create a “Nonmember Guest Account” to access this free resource.


Please send your announcement to editorial@ascassociation.org.


Attend ASCA’s Webinar on Preventing Surgical Fires Working together in recent years, the Association of periOperative Reg- istered Nurses (AORN), the ECRI Institute, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), the Anes- thesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) and other stakeholders have refined the clinical recommendations for preventing and managing surgi- cal fires. Review current guidance on the prevention of surgical fires, including statistics on the incidence of these continuing adverse events, during ASCA’s next webinar on Tuesday, October 27, at 1:00 pm ET. Mark E. Bruley, vice president of accident and forensic investigation at the ECRI Institute, will explain how to mount your best defense by focusing on identifying surgical devices, materials and fluids that can burn; determining how those materials are ignited; the haz- ards of oxidizer-enriched atmospheres; new clinical recommendations for ways to minimize the chance of a surgical fire; techniques used to extinguish a fire involving a patient; and identifying the appropriate operating room locations for and types of fire extinguishers. Learn more and register at www. ascassociation.org/Webinars.


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