Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Behind Closed Doors: Laugh a Little. Life in the OR can be funny - even when it's not meant to be.

Surgical Smoke Nearly Killed Me. An orthopedic surgeon who needed a double lung transplant is on a crusade to warn others about the dangers of plume.

Ideas That Work: Medication Lockbox. Keep Drugs Under Lock and Key in the OR.

You Can't Put a Price on Pupillary Dilation. Don't hesitate to invest in the drugs and devices that make cataract surgery safer and more efficient.

Ideas That Work: Trips and Falls. Fatigue Mats Make Great Cord Covers.

Ideas That Work: Patient Safety. It's Okay to 'CUS' in Our ORs.

New Positions on Positioning. What's new in AORN's 2018 patient positioning guidelines.

How to Succeed With Outpatient Trauma. Position your facility as an urgent care center that can send the boy with the fractured arm home in a cast, not a sling.

10 Tips for Effective Endoscope Reprocessing. Check out this expert advice to strengthen your flexible endoscope cleaning and disinfection practices.

Editor's Page: Good Help Is Hard to Find. And even harder to keep, as I - and probably you - know all too well.