Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Infection Prevention: No mercy for MRSA. Our new protocol has all but stamped out this superbug.

Medical Malpractice: Learning from a fatal medication error. Prevent a medication mix-up at your facility through careful inspection.

Products on display at AORN. Thumbnail sketches of a few new products that caught our eye.

Customize your hernia repairs. There's no one-size-fits-all best technique.

Update on wound closure. Here are 4 ways to minimize scarring.

Cut down on missing instruments with this Idea That Works from San Diego, California.

Editor's Page: 5 stars for physician ownership. CMS star rating system finds physician-owned hospitals most satisfactory.

Objects of orthopedic desire. An afternoon spent browsing the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons exhibit hall.

Get patients to pay up. High-deductible plans put patients on the hook for thousands of dollars in out-of-pocket costs. It's now your job to collect it.

Anesthesia Alert: IV Ibuprofen before surgery speeds recovery. Study: It pays to modulate the body's stress response to surgery.