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Can You Pass This Patient and Staff Safety Quiz?
Perioperative teams keep patient and staff safety top of mind at all times, even during days with high volumes of cases that could pose distractions to providing safe care...
Extraordinary Patient Safety Nurses Honored!
A hospital nurse from South Carolina and a team of ICU nurses from Boston were honored as “Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety” at a national conference last week...
Eight Best Practices in Patient Warming
An inadvertent hypothermic event during surgery can turn a routine procedure into a case with multiple complications....
Infection Prevention: Got Creepy Crawlies in Your ORs?
It’s one of the most undiscussed and unstudied phenomena in surgery, dating back to the very first operations on patients: the presence of insects in the OR and the...
Ideas That Work: A ‘Badge Buddy’ Makes OR Turnover Safer and More Efficient
When you give staff the power and the freedom to not only bring fresh ideas to the table, but also to weave those ideas into the day-to-day workflow, great things can...
Time-Out Tips From the Trenches
Like so many aspects of outpatient care, clear and consistent communication is at the heart of the surgical time out....
Sustainable Solutions for Daily Gloving
Eco-conscious facilities should always strive to practice sustainable health care.
Anthem BCBS Cancels Controversial Planned Anesthesia Payment Change
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has reversed course on its plan to change the way it reimburses for anesthesia care payments, which critics said included not paying for...
Ideas That Work: Caution Urged Around Barcode Medication Administration Workarounds
As the year comes to an end and facilities take stock of their practices in 2024, it’s helpful to review concerns expressed by patient safety groups and consider the...
Eight Ways to Make Patient Warming a Reality
JD Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, recalls a patient encounter that has stuck with him over the years, one of many cases that has helped shape his understanding of how...
Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment Essentials
Traditional thinking about pressure injuries (PIs) can lead to many providers only being on guard against them when caring for older patients in acute-care settings who have...
APIC Launches New Research Center
The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has announced the creation of a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary research agenda....
Ideas That Work: An MH Resource That’s Always Right There
Here’s a free resource you’ll want to let your staff know about: The MH App is a simple yet valuable tool for handling a malignant hyperthermia (MH) crisis....
Safety in the OR: Keeping Staff and Patients Safe From Harm
Deb Spratt, MPA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, CHL, an independent perioperative consultant based in Rochester, N.Y., has more than 50 years of healthcare leadership...
Celebrate International Infection Prevention Week!
Each year, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), shines the light on the demanding work preventionists do every day to keep...
Four Ways to Stop Sharps Injuries Cold
If you haven’t had a sharps injury, you might be less inclined to speak up when you are directly handed a used sharp on the sterile field....
The Fundamentals of Preventing Retained Items
There are a lot of dedicated people working in hospital and surgery center operating rooms and one thing that’s certain among team members is there is never a question...
Pressure Injury Primer
Pressure injuries (PIs) can range from a minor, localized area of non-blanchable erythema to full-thickness skin and tissue loss with exposed muscle, tendon, ligament...
The Truth of Perioperative MH Is Out There
Over the years, Outpatient Surgery Magazine has written frequently about drills to prepare perioperative and support staff for extremely rare but potentially deadly...
Go Smoke-Free Before It’s Required
In May, Minnesota became the 18th U.S. state to pass a surgical smoke evacuation mandate into law....