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Business Advisor: Time for timeshare surgery centers? Surgeons can lease ORs, staff and equipment from an existing facility.
Infection Prevention: Can anesthesia providers spread infection? Absolutely yes -- pay attention to what goes on at the head of the table.
Where to focus your infection prevention efforts. Make these key areas of focus a priority.
What's new for minimally invasive surgery? Advanced imaging, robotic assistance and other looks into laparoscopy's future at the SAGES exhibit hall.
Safety: Get the most out of your safety checklist. Frontline feedback and active participation help check all the boxes.
Medical Malpractice: Don't get tripped up with these EHR errors. A simple typo could still put you at risk of a negligence lawsuit.
Editor's page: changing of the guard. When it's time to retire, will you train your replacement the right way?
How safe are your patients? Our survey shows you have a long way to go to provide the level of quality and safety that your patients deserve.
Innovative Ideas: Make patients' escorts feel at home.
Reduce turnover time with this Idea That Works from Houston, Texas.
The future of cataract surgery. These advances will innovate your ophthalmic ORs.
Stretcher-chairs for safer patient handling. Ready to transform your facility into a no-lift, no-transfer environment?
In case you missed it ... Check out the hottest news and most-read stories from outpatientsurgery.net.
San Diego hospital sued over secret videos of exposed female patients. The videos came to light as a result of alleged effort to foil drug diversion.
Patient Wakes Up, Makes Death Threats to Connecticut Surgery Center Staff. Police say she hit and punched staff members, yelled "I'm one of those bad people!"
Potential doomsday mcr-1 gene found in first U.S. patient. The mutant gene resists all known antibiotics and can easily be passed between bacteria.
Bair Hugger target of suit claiming it caused deadly infection. Manufacturer blames rival and opportunistic lawyers, insists warming device is safe.
How to perfect your central sterile department. This session is for you if you think a good autoclave can cover up a bad reprocessing department.
Avoid infection control disasters. Expert-led workshop tackles hot-button issues in SSI prevention.
Nominate your facility for a 2016 OR Excellence Award. Seven winners will be our guests at this year's conference, where they'll be recognized and celebrated.