Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Safety: What good are surgical safety checklists? They're effective only if your team uses them -- and uses them properly.

Legal update: Are you hip to HIPAA? Ignorance is no defense when it comes to protected health information.

Let's get serious about sharps safety. I'm on a quest to eliminate cuts and needlesticks from the OR. Are you ready to join me?

Ideas That Work:??? Signs of the Times Improve Hand Hygiene - Outpatie

Guaranteed delivery of sterilized sets. Our crosscheck program verifies that wrapped and rigid instrument trays arrive in the OR ready for use.

Avoid product trial headaches with this Idea That Works from Montgomery, Ala.

Get pants over a bulky bandaged foot with this Idea That Works from Oradell, New Jersey.

Behind closed doors: Slight exaggerations. Surgical sayings that stretch the truth just a bit.

Collect from self pay clients with this Idea That Works from Baton Rouge, La.

Editor's page: Opening up about a threat that closed down an ASC. 'I have a gun and I'm coming to shoot up the place, so be ready.'