Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Keep patients' escorts accountable for the ride home with this Idea That Works from Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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Editor's Page: Don't flip your lid over surgeons in skullcaps. The iconic symbol of surgery is at the center of a dress-code dustup.

How does your endoscopy reprocessing compare? Our reader survey shows most GI facilities are following national standards, but it also uncovered some worrisome trends.

Patient Safety: Constantly striving for zero patient harm. Staff at The Valley Hospital in New Jersey will do everything possible to protect those in their care.

SSI prevention: SSI-Free: 14 years and counting! For Kindred Hospital in Las Vegas, it's been an epic run of success.

Should we ue video laryngoscopes for all intubations? Why relegate the tool that gives you the best chance for success when difficult intubations arise to a backup role?

Staff Safety: Sparing no Eexpense to keep staff safe. At TRIA Orthopaedic Center, employee safety is job No. 1.

Legal Update: No. 1 HIPAA privacy risk? Snooping staff. Employees peeking at patients' medical records far from uncommon.

Keep kids comfortable and entertained before surgery with these Ideas That work from Massachusetts and California.