Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Most readers we surveyed tout accreditation benefits, with a few caveats. How do you really feel about accreditation?

Have you automated these 5 areas yet? These folks only wish they'd done it sooner.

Recycle blue wrap to line storage shelves. An Idea that Works from Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

Keep straws secure from floating up and falling out of the spout using the pop top. An Idea that Works from North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove.

Many of today's hernia meshes have a lower risk of adhesion and infection than their heavyweight, unwieldy predecessors. Prevent infection after hernia surgery.

Keep electrodes from drying out by keeping opened packages of electrodes in one of those plastic containers with snap-on lids. An Idea that Works from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine.

Use photos to remind staff how to set the table. An Idea that Works from Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center.

These ideas and innovations are improving the efficiency and safety of the most minimally invasive laparoscopy.

Avoid the Ambu bag with this quick fix for dropped Oxygen saturation. An Idea that Works from Atlanta, Ga.

Shortcuts and slip-ups are more common than you might think. Endoscope reprocessing's dirty little secrets revealed.