Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Cutting Remarks: Lessons from my favorite nurse. After 27 years of marriage, Dr. Kelly's wife is still his greatest teacher.

The Surgeons' Lounge: Antibiotic prophylaxis. When's it best to administer antibiotics?

The Surgeons' Lounge: Surgeon scribe. Surgeon's book blasts the big business of surgery.

Safely contain stray cords with this Idea That Works from Centralia, Mo.

Staffing: Rehab your difficult docs. Yes, you have the power to change their troublesome behavior.

All tissue banks are not the same. 3 steps to ensure your grafts are safe and effective.

Surgical Fire Q&A: "Even though most surgical fires last only about 4 or 5 seconds," says fire safety expert Mark Bruley, CCE, "they change lives."

The Surgeons' Lounge: Eye in the sky. Are Cameras in the OR a HIPAA Violation?

Is your sharps safety toolkit complete? The most common sharps injuries -- and what you need to prevent them.

Thinking of Buying ... Automated endoscope reprocessors? AERs make it easier to high-level disinfect your flexible scopes.