Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Ideas That Work: 12-Step Process; Countdown to Room Setup

Infection Prevention: 4 Ways to Wipe Away Surgical Site Infections; Follow this practical advice to ward off the threat of SSIs at your facility

Boost Your Adenoma Detection Rate; ADR is the gold standard in colonoscopy quality. Do you measure up?

Ideas That Work: Seeing Is Believing; Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Warnings

Safety: Simulate Emergencies in Bedside Mock Drills; Let staff practice their response to urgent situations before they occur

Ideas That Work: Facility Feud; Game-show Themed Events Help Safety Training Stick

5 Tips for Faster Turnover Times; Flipping ORs between cases demands tight teamwork and proper planning

Master of the Airway; Are your providers comfortable with an airway device in their hands?

Ideas That Work: Cap and Gown; Caps Put Smiles on Kids' Faces

A large hospital had so many case carts full of trays backed up during the day they struggled to turn around instrument sets in less than 24 hours. Within 6 months,...