Knowing where to look for information about Ambulatory Surgery Centers can sometimes save time and simplify your tasks. We hope you find these sites useful.

Professional Resources

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association http://www.ascassociation.org

Association of periOperative Registered Nurses http://www.aorn.org

American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses http://www.aspan.org

American Society of Anesthesiologists http://www.asahq.org

Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates http://www.sgna.org

Georgia Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers http://www.gsasc.org

Florida Society of Ambulatory Surgery Centers http://www.fsasc.org

South Carolina Ambulatory Surgery Center Association http://www.scasca.org

Freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center Association of Tennessee http://www.fascatn.org

Credentialing Resources

American Association of Nurse Anesthetists http://www.aana.com

American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org

National Practitioner Data Bank http://www.npdb-hipdb.hrsa.gov

Regulatory Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov

US Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.com

US Environmental Protection Agency http://www.epa.gov

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services http://www.cma.hhs.gov

Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation http://www.aami.org

Office of Inspector General http://www.oig.hhs.gov

Accreditation Associations

Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations http://www.jointcommission.org

Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care http://www.aaahc.org/eweb/StartPage.aspx

American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities http://www.aaaasf.org

Patient Care Resources

Sedation Facts http://www.sedationfacts.org

World Health Organization- Surgical Safety Checklist http://www.who.int/patientsafety/safesurgery/tools_resources/SSSL_Checklist_finalJun08.pdf

Malignant Hyperthermia Association http://www.mhaus.org