Quality Oversight

Inpatient rehabilitation facilities and long-term care hospitals can review their quality data through April 5 before it is reported on the IRF Compare and LTCH Compare websites in June.
Medtronic has recalled certain implantable cardioverter defibrillators and cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillators due to a defect in the manufacturing process.
The Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and American Society for Microbiology yesterday released voluntary standardized protocols for duodenoscope surveillance sampling and culturing.