Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Infection Prevention: Are You Opening the Door to SSIs? Simple steps to reduce OR foot traffic - a preventable infection risk.

2018 Cataract Survey: What's Hot and What's Not; Readers weigh in on new eye surgery technology, new drugs, new procedures and more.

Is That Scope Clean? Verify It; Now you can confirm that reprocessed scopes have no residual contamination or damage that could harbor future microbes.

Map Out Surgery With a 3D Organ Reconstruction; A patient created a life-sized model of his diseased colon for his surgeon to see.

Can You Pass This Decontamination Quiz? See how well you know all that your reprocessing techs need to know.

Hydrocolloid Dressing; Prevent IV Hub Pressure Ulcers

Why Look at the Ceiling: Walking into the OR Helps Reduce Anxiety

Looney Toons; Another Use for Your Big-Screen Monitor

Behind Closed Doors; Only an OR Nurse Would Understand

No Interruptions; Quiet, Please: Instrument Set Assembly in Progress