In Case You Missed It - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - September, 2015

Behind Closed Doors: Can't we all just get along? Is on-the-job behavior bogging us down?

Patients will love getting this card. An Idea That Works from Bogalusa, La.

Cut overtime hours with this simple Idea That Works from Odessa, Florida.

Staff Safety: Honorhealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Thompson Peak Medical Center spares no expense to keep its staff safe.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas - get sensible about supplies.

Safety: Give your facility this drug security test. 5 measures that will help prevent diversion.

Your primer on plasma cutting and coagulation devices. These little 'lightsabers' let your surgeons gently slice and seal tissue.

Infection Control: A back-to-basics approach curbs the infection rate at Mercy Tiffin (Ohio) Hospital.

Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.

Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.

Image-guided sinus surgery: The new standard of care? A growing number of surgeons and patients are demanding the game-changing technology.

Cutting Remarks: Block time blues. Dedicated OR time is hard to get and harder to hold.

Editor's Page: pardon the disruption. Embrace the disruptive technologies that are changing surgery.

Relieve some of the stress of a busy OR day with this Idea That Works from San Diego, California.

Microlaparoscopy: A shortcut to better outcomes. It's time to think small when it comes to certain procedures.

Increase hand washing compliance with this Idea That Works from Houston, Texas.

Standardize your scope pre-cleaning kits with this Idea That Works from New Haven, Conn.

Pain Control: 20,253 regional blocks later, the Andrews Institute's patients are free of pain and opioids.

The best of the best. Here are your 2015 OR Excellence Award Winners.