Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Puncture-resistant ORs. Protect your surgeons and staff from sharps injuries with safety-engineered devices.

Keep patient escorts close by with this Idea That Works from San Jose, California.

Keep track of patients' paperwork with this Idea That Works from Brooksville, Florida.

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

Legal Update: Tapping into the self-insured employer market. Direct contracts with employers cut out insurance's middleman.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. 4 Ways to Boost Your Hand Hygiene Efforts

Pearls to prevent cross-contamination. Infection preventionists share their top SSI threats and what you can do to stop them.

Our switch from blue wrap to sterile containers. A busy orthopedic hospital's containerizing conversion.

Behind Closed Doors: I'm Not "Just a Nurse". We're more than most people realize. Marginalize us at your own risk.

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