Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

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Anatomy of a glove trial. Find the best fit with these 7 factors.

12 tips for safe Trendelenburg positioning. Read this surgeon's advice before you lower the head and raise the feet of another patient.

Cutting Remarks: Are we really discharging that patient? The little white lies we tell our patients to send them home sooner.

Anesthesia Alert: The great LMA debate. Should you remove it before or after the patient wakes up?

Business Advisor: Time to dust off those preference cards. Ensuring they're accurate and up to date pays off in big ways.

Medical Malpractice: suits from slips, trips and falls. What's your liability when a patient takes a tumble at your facility?

Clear visibility. Don't let smoke, fog and debris impede your surgeon's view.

Staffing: Deal with difficult employees head on. Deal With Difficult Employees Head On If you can't curb their bad behavior, get rid of the offenders.

Is prolonged fasting hurting your patients? Our survey found that most surgical facilities routinely instruct patients to fast for excessively long pre-op periods