Regulatory compliance — what does that mean and how can I be compliant with something I am clueless about?

One thing that the COVID-19 pandemic did was put infection preventionists (IPs) front and center....

I spent my college summers painting houses. I’d load up my teal-green Saturn with my meager belongings — including the strange lawn gnome...

One thing accreditation surveyors look for when they visit your facility is if your OR is housing any lingering expired medications and supplies....

If you’re looking to boost patient satisfaction and word-of-mouth about your facility’s surgical experience, you may want to steal a page from...

Like many ASCs, OAM Surgery Center at MidTowne in Grand Rapids, Mich., is concerned about unnecessary traffic going in and out of its ORs....

Getting your OR to remember all relevant surgical site infection (SSI) prevention protocols isn’t always easy — especially for the facilities with...

From proper cleaning at the bedside to managing a trying maintenance and repair schedule, properly caring for the surgical instruments your...

Necessity is the mother of invention, which is something anesthesiologist Brian Kashin, MD, FRCPC, and his colleagues experienced firsthand while...

In the past five years, a flood of literature on surgical smoke hazards has confirmed what nurses and surgeons have been complaining about and, in extreme cases...

Already common in hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs), urology has become a profitable high-volume line for a relatively small but...

Though revision is sometimes seen as a partner to traditional knee arthroplasty, the two are very different....

A patient experiences numbness, tingling or pain in their hand, and seeks answers on the cause from a provider. Chances are they’re suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome...

Your staff loves to achieve high standards — and so do you. For those high standards to become natural, it’s up to you as their leader to...

It’s National Nurses Month 2023, and the American Nurses Association (ANA) is in the midst of a monthlong recognition of the unparalleled impact...

Telling your sterile processing technicians to “just follow the manufacturers’ instructions for use (IFUs)” can often be about as helpful as...

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are an odd beast. They are an enigma to the novice operator, often resulting in failure on multitudinous fronts....

Unnecessary stressors such as ambiguous priorities, uncertainty about roles and responsibilities and muddled communication all can have...

When employees voice their concerns, effective leaders don’t see them as hurdles or annoyances, but rather as prime opportunities for improvement....

The ambulatory surgery market continues to grow, despite economic and business challenges that may limit the growth but not stop it from happening in the coming year and beyond. In a recent...