Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

There's a time and a place for rapid-cycle steam sterilization.

The OIG rejects another attempt to extort anesthesia fees. Anesthesia's profits are off-limits.

Act swiftly and assertively to stop trouble as soon as it starts. Put problem employees in their place.

Freedom of choice not always a good thing. Can we have reliability with so much variability?

Here are 5 operating room regulations that just don't make sense. Take those rules and shove them.

The quest for products that protect your skin as well as they prevent infection.

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.

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