Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Ideas That Work: Decontam. Keep loaner trays straight.

Achieving world-class turnover time. Help in the never-ending battle to shorten the time between wheels out to wheels in.

Loosen adhesive easier with this Idea That Works from Seymour, Ind.

Let the circulating nurse know about missing documentation with this Idea that Works from Valencia, California.

Can you afford a femto laser? Buy, lease or outsource? Here's a quick economics lesson.

The benefits of reposable instruments. Reduce waste and control costs with these part-disposable, part-reusable instruments.

Thinking of Buying ... whole-room disinfection systems. Would your cleaning practices benefit from automated assistance?

Cutting Remarks: 'I can't pee.' A stream of good advice if you require patients to void before discharge.

Staffing: Shape up or ship out. Send problem employees home for a day to repent and to reflect.

Surgeons' Lounge: Awake and aware. Nerve Blocks on Unconscious Patients a Bad Idea