Aimee McFarlane, RN-BSN, CNOR, CST, suffered needlesticks twice — once as a nursing student and once after 12 years on the job....

The techniques and tools used for surface disinfection are crucial to the goal of continuously reducing infection rates. In the OR, you can never assume a surface is free...

With the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) removing total shoulder replacements from the inpatient-only list in 2024...

During the pandemic, surgical centers were forced into just-in-time ordering because of shortages of everything from PPE to medications to implants....

When I was in high school, I was a highly competitive ice hockey player, fully expecting to compete in college....

For the past 15 years Outpatient Surgery Magazine has celebrated the top-performing facilities and outstanding OR teams that set the standard for high-quality...

In the world of outpatient surgery, case costing is an absolute must. Think of it as your ASC’s essential financial health check-up....

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Jennifer Parrott, RN, clinical nurse educator, quality improvement manager...

In November of 2019, Outpatient Surgery Magazine published a Special Edition on Diversity in Surgery. It was our way of letting readers know that we believe...

Bet you thought you had seen the last of me, but I’m like Michael Jordan, Jay-Z or Verna the Vixen, the elderly greeter lady from my local Walmart....

The winter months are gone and hopefully you are taking advantage of the lazy days of summer....

As hospitals and ASCs across the country struggle to staff their anesthesia departments, some forward-looking groups are recentering their anesthesia models and culture...

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a wide-reaching ban on noncompete employment agreements in April, companies everywhere went into a tizzy....

My seven-year-old son is keeping his promise and sitting quietly next to me on his tablet while I conduct an after-hours interview video with Michelle Caird, an orthopedic...

Departments looking to foster professional development will often decide to start a journal club. But these departments tend to struggle with where to begin....

It cannot be overstated that the management of allergy information is an essential part of both the patient experience and patient safety at your ASC....

If you’re looking for a good way to offer hard-working staff some stress relief and help the local community, you can’t go wrong with puppies....

We’ve featured quite a few escape rooms over the years, focusing mostly on the camaraderie and fun they provide as staff education and training exercises....

Some patients have a deep-seated fear of needles that can taint even the smoothest surgical experience....

Providers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Endoscopy Department know that the care of their patients begins well before they arrive for their appointments...