A study of 50 medical volunteers last year concluded that paper towels are more effective at reducing hand bacteria and more cost-efficient than sterile hand-drying...

Exactly what can you and your staff recycle? It’s not as straightforward as it might seem. Julie Moyle, RN, MSN, a sustainability strategy manager with Practice Greenhealth, a...

The Ambulatory Surgery Unit at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center performs outpatient surgeries encompassing various specialties and faces multiple daily...

The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) team at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash., has been providing inspiration to the next generation of healthcare...

Thinking of buying a new product for your facility? Of course, you’ll want to trial the product first, but also take a preemptive look at its Instructions for Use (IFU), advises...

HCA Healthcare Central/West Texas (CWT) Division has implemented a phased program that teaches nurses scrubbing skills in the perioperative environment...

A lot is riding on adequately preparing patients for their upcoming surgeries — especially when you’re working with pediatric patients....

North York General Hospital in Toronto realized in 2024 that it needed a more structured approach to managing a potential malignant hyperthermia (MH) event....

Face time with executive leadership is one of the best ways to ensure staff recognizes that their day-to-day work is an integral part of their facility’s mission....

While federal priorities around sustainability may change, the mission of health care to “Do No Harm” remains steadfast among its providers and facilities....

The concept of emotional intelligence has progressively gained a foothold in our culture during the 21st century, and there are few environments that can use it more than the...

Adding gamification to your First Case On-Time Starts (FCOTS) practices could yield immediate results.

It’s a common practice for surgical facilities to celebrate number-specific milestones — the first robotic surgery, the 100th, 500th or 1,000th total joints case, and so on....

Anyone who has ever turned over an OR knows that all disinfectant wipes aren’t created equal....

When it comes to hand hygiene, simple messaging can work wonders. Infection prevention leader Nicole Nomides, MT(ASCP), MS, CIC, FAPIC, can attest to that fact from...

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....

When we approached Santa Cruz (Calif.) Surgery Center CEO/Administrator Lisa Cooper about a video the ASC produced and posted on LinkedIn about postoperative pain...

Cord management is a recurring problem for many nurses when they bring patients into the OR. Sometimes the best solutions for these types of nagging issues come...

One weekend each month, all the rooms at Knoxville (Tenn.) Orthopaedic Center are treated with liquid and vaporized isopropyl alcohol, a protocol that serves as an...

Ann M. Cook, BHA, RN, CASC, is director of nursing at The Center for Surgical Care in Florence, Ky., which opened way back in 1988. Even though her center is 37 years old...