The surgical services team at Ascension St. Vincent Mercy Hospital, a critical access hospital in Elwood, Ind., is proud of the exacting standards that we hold...

Surgical site infections (SSIs) can be reduced when leaders standardize the preoperative skin preparation solutions and protocols their...

The road to poor infection prevention practices is often paved with good intentions from staff. That’s why Michelle Barron, MD, is such a...

During the pandemic — and even before the arrival of COVID-19 — many healthcare facilities tapped into the high-tech power of whole room...

The infection preventionist epitomizes the concept of on-the-job training. There’s no university degree that solely prepares you for a...

As a child I loved games. These tests of wit, luck and athletic ability taught me everything I needed to know about winning, losing and life....

A thorough and well-meaning ASC administrator purchases a new product for their OR only after they read a study about it that notes stellar outcomes....

Regulatory compliance — what does that mean and how can I be compliant with something I am clueless about?

One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic did was put infection preventionists (IPs) front and center....

I spent my college summers painting houses. I’d load up my teal-green Saturn with my meager belongings — including the strange lawn gnome...

One thing accreditation surveyors look for when they visit your facility is if your OR is housing any lingering expired medications and supplies....

If you’re looking to boost patient satisfaction and word-of-mouth about your facility’s surgical experience, you may want to steal a page from...

Like many ASCs, OAM Surgery Center at MidTowne in Grand Rapids, Mich., is concerned about unnecessary traffic going in and out of its ORs....

Getting your OR to remember all relevant surgical site infection (SSI) prevention protocols isn’t always easy — especially for the facilities with...

From proper cleaning at the bedside to managing a trying maintenance and repair schedule, properly caring for the surgical instruments your...

Necessity is the mother of invention, which is something anesthesiologist Brian Kashin, MD, FRCPC, and his colleagues experienced firsthand while...

In the past five years, a flood of literature on surgical smoke hazards has confirmed what nurses and surgeons have been complaining about and, in extreme cases...

Already common in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), urology has become a profitable high-volume line for a relatively small but...

Though revision is sometimes seen as a partner to traditional knee arthroplasty, the two are very different....

A patient experiences numbness, tingling or pain in their hand, and seeks answers on the cause from a provider. Chances are they’re suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome...