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If you've been hired to oversee an ASC's opening, you'll want to make sure you have the following documents on hand: CMS's Conditions of Coverage, if you're seeking...

Local police and state regulators are investigating a surgical nurse who admitted to stealing fentanyl and replacing it with saline solution at Boulder Community Hospital...

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Surgical staff at Beth Israel Medical Center have one thing in common: They all dress in purple scrubs. The New York hospital recently launched a new infection control...

Patient flow is a persistent problem at hospitals and other healthcare facilities, according to a recent survey of more than 200 healthcare executives. Eighty-nine percent...

Don't neglect the scheduling of regular maintenance for your OR's technology, particularly if that technology is the tool that gives your physicians a view...

Single-use sterile pens for marking surgical sites may not be the most effective products for infection control. Canadian researchers at the University of Alberta Faculty...

Surgical mesh used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence can cause severe complications when placed through incisions in the vagina,...

A Florida-based eye surgeon filed for bankruptcy this week in the latest chapter of an ongoing legal dispute with his former employer, St. Luke's Cataract...

The American Association for the Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities has produced a new, 3-disc educational tool designed to help ASCs "prevent some...

According to a recent online survey of Outpatient Surgery Magazine readers, less than half of you have installed HD video systems in some or all of your ORs....

Is your staff protected from the potentially harmful effects of surgical smoke? Even if you've installed the necessary ventilation systems and purchased smoke...

The seemingly constant debate over the best way to sedate patients for GI procedures is complicated, demanding discussions about healthcare economics, case...

While growing in popularity, minimally invasive joint replacements are "raising concerns about potential complications," reports the Wall Street Journal, citing several...