Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Ideas That Work: Hard Stop; OR Call Button Solves Safety Concerns

Ideas That Work: Perpetual Inventory; It Pays to Know When Drugs Are Set to Expire

4 Questions to Ask About Prefilled Syringes; Here's what a compounding pharmacy consultant would want to know.

Legal Update: Surgical Hospitals Stripped of Hospital Status; Medicare targeting facilities that don't keep enough patients overnight.

The Quest for Faster Room Turnover; 9 steps for more efficient room setup and teardown.

Ideas That Work: Pediatrics; Mask Bubble Blower Reduces Anxiety for Kids

5 Innovations in Infection Prevention; To defeat the infectious invaders on the front lines of surgical care, you have to fight dirty.

Staffing: How Do You Deal With Aging Surgeons? Assess cognitive and physical skills in the twilight of their careers.

Anesthesia Alert: Surviving the Anesthesia Drug Shortages; Key injectable opioids and local anesthetics are nowhere to be found.

The Ergonomics of Sharps Safety; Small adjustments to posture and positioning in the OR cut down on injuries from suture needles and scalpels.