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March 2024
Rethinking OAS CAHPS
Features
Many surgical facility leaders view the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Survey — better known as OAS CAHPS...
New surgery center construction is not for the faint of heart....
The jury is out on how big of a role airborne contaminants play when it comes to causing surgical site infections....
Surgical positioning can be an undervalued task for all staff....
If your surgeons rely on older power tools because they’re used to them, it’s time to help them keep pace with the changes that continue to revolutionize the kinds...
It’s a simple proposition: mark the site of surgery on the patient so it’s clear where the incision should be made....
An effective fluid waste management system is a necessity for a busy orthopedic center. After all, the specialty is famous for its messy, fluid-filled cases....
The enduring threat of surgical site infections (SSIs) is alarming....
There are a dizzying amount of medication safety requirements and best practices you are expected to comply with every day....
Ideas That Work
Whether it’s cracked instrument marking tape, a miniscule chip out of the jaw of the needle holder or a jaw that has somehow become “sticky,” there are plenty...
Circulators were having difficulty locating implants in the implant room at OAM Surgery Center at MidTowne, an orthopedics-only ASC in Grand Rapids, Mich....
IV poles are critical for patient care, but these OR staples come with a major flaw: The wheels often become jammed and entangled with wires, creating a nuisance for staff...
Glass- or steel-walled operating rooms, which have been popular in Europe for some time, are a growing trend in U.S. ORs as the focus on infection prevention increases...
Departments
I used to love traveling for work. In my 20s, there was nothing better than having my job fly me out to a city I’d never visited....
Urology is at a crossroads regarding its key tools: flexible cystoscopes and ureteroscopes....
No surgeon wants to face a postoperative complication. But the reality is that complications, such as chronic postoperative pain, happen to patients even when...
I started studying karate as an adult, and I was what was called a “legs fighter,” meaning I mostly kicked my way through 11 years of training, complete with some intense...