Evidence-based care bundles minimized bacterial load, maximized methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus protection and significantly reduced surgical site infection rates without topical vancomycin powder in high-risk spinal instrumentation cases, according to a study in Spine.
Practice Management
Centerville, Ohio-based Miami Valley Hospital South held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its $60 million expansion project, according to ABC 22 Now.
Boone, N.C.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare System purchased Smith & Nephew's Navio Surgical System for total knee replacement surgery, according to the Watauga Democrat.
Bone & Joint Surgeons of Dayton (Ohio) partnered with Cincinnati-based Mercy Health's Springfield (Ohio) Regional Medical Center to offer orthopedic trauma care, the Urbana Daily Citizen reports.
Moreno Valley, Calif.-based Riverside University Health System Medical Center earned The Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval for Advanced Certification in total hip and total knee replacement, InlandEmpire.US reports.
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The United Spinal Association is grieving the loss of President H.W. Bush.
Metric Subaru in Huntington, N.Y., will donate up to $250 to Huntington Hospital's neurosurgery program for every vehicle it sells or leases between Nov. 15 and Jan. 3, 2019, libn.com reports.
Irving, Texas-based Precision Orthopedics & Sports Medicine opened Precision Ortho Express in Southlake, Texas.
Brick, N.J.-based Brielle Orthopedics partnered with Philadelphia-based Rothman Orthopaedic Institute, adding 14 orthopedic surgeons to the growing practice.
At the end of the year, El Paso (Texas) Specialty Hospital will shut its doors, according to the El Paso Times.