Little Known About Postoperative Infections Rates In Surgery Centers.

the number of ambulatory surgery centers or ASCs — which perform procedures such as colonoscopies, cataract removal, joint repairs and spinal injections on patients who don’t require an overnight stay in a hospital — has increased dramatically in the past decade, for reasons both clinical and financial.” However, while “postoperative infections in hospitals have been a source of concern for years...little is known about the rates in surgery centers.” The article points out that “a 2010 report by CDC researchers examined 68 centers in three states...and found that two-thirds had one or more lapses in infection control.” http://kaiserhealthnews.org/news/popularity-of-out-patient-surgery-centers-leads-to-questions-about-safety/