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Outpatient Surgery Magazine connects the ambulatory surgery community – and offers OR leaders a place to exchange ideas, learn about emerging trends and discover in-the-field solutions to daily
challenges – providing the knowledge and tools to deliver high-quality care in the outpatient environment and keep healthcare workers and surgical patients safe.
May 2025
Navigating Five Fundamental Regional Anesthesia Challenges
What every outpatient surgery center should know about nerve blocks.
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As The Joint Commission’s annual report on sentinel events shows each year, the problem of wrong-site surgeries is never solved....
National Nurses Week, observed this year from May 6 to 12, recognizes the vital work being performed every minute of every day by millions of registered nurses in the U.S. and...
Must Reads
In early April, the Outpatient Surgery Magazine editorial team headed north to attend AORN’s 72nd annual Global Surgical Conference & Expo....
Selecting the right antiseptic and using proper skin-prepping technique are obviously key to keeping patients free from infections, but so is using the correct-size applicator....
SC leaders are facing unprecedented challenges. Many of you are juggling conflicting priorities, such as meeting regulatory requirements, increasing revenue and reducing...
Anyone who has ever turned over an OR knows that all disinfectant wipes aren’t created equal....
Technologies such as automated endoscope reprocessors (AERs), borescopes and specialized drying cabinets help staff at busy GI centers seamlessly perform a steady...
I just finished reaching out to all the people I connected with at AORN Expo (see page 10 for some highlights from the show), and I’m getting ready to hit the road once again to...
Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our new online column, where we sat down with Carson McCafferty, MSN, RN, CNOR, CNAMB, CSRN...
Do you usually read instructions? I rarely do unless I’m stuck. Take cooking, for example. Once I find a recipe I like, I tend to make it from memory, skipping the instructions....
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