Product News - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - July, 2016

Medical Malpractice: 5 lessons from the Joan Rivers lawsuit. Higher safety standards will reduce your exposure to liability claims.

Staffing: Do you get an A+ in competency testing? 5 tips to do a better job grading your staff's surgical know-how.

Cutting Remarks: Stressed surgeons gone bad. When cases go south, do your docs go down the rabbit hole with them?

Thinking of buying ... Floor suction devices? Contain spilled fluids to reduce the risk of slip-and-fall injuries.

SPECIAL REPORT: Compounding disaster: How the deadliest medication contamination case in U.S. history happened — and how it could happen again.

Be more efficient and boost patient safety with this Idea That Works from Phoenix, Arizona.

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Streamline case set-up with this Idea That Works from Lakeland, Florida.

Busting 5 myths about Mini-Lap. Don't let these misconceptions prevent you from providing the best for your patients.

Surgeon and Staff Safety: lost in the shuffle. Does your OR team focus as much on its own safety as that of the patient's?

Legal Update: Manage your facility's vicarious liability risk. You could be liable for the negligence of your independent contractors.

Behind Closed Doors: channel surfing. What if you could click away from a bad day?

The whole truth about whole-room disinfection. Automated antimicrobial devices reach the corners and crevices that sprays and wipes sometimes miss.

Seat the LMA perfectly every time with this Idea That Works from Rockville, Maryland.

ASCs and HOPDs see slight hikes under CMS's proposal. The rule also includes clarifications on the site-neutral payment provision set to take effect in 2017.

FDA approves synthetic cartilage implant used to treat foot pain. The Cartiva device improves function and range of motion for osteoarthritis patients.

Lawsuit: Spine surgeon, bone cement manufacturer responsible for woman's death. Patient bled out after surgeon used non-FDA-approved bone cement.

Anesthesia tech sentenced to 1 year for molesting unconscious patients. Nurses reported seeing him touch 4 male patients, including 1 minor.

Researchers: pregabalin linked to birth defects. European study raises red flag on multimodal drug's use among childbearing women.