Should anesthesia providers in areas where wildfires are burning change their practices to account for the possible effects of extremely poor air quality on their patients?

Part of the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania’s (HUP) entry that won the OR Excellence Pain Management Award this year includes the placement of an alert...

It takes a team to ensure surgical instruments are clean, sterile and ready for surgery....

It’s not unusual for the turnover team at a surgery center to be compared to a NASCAR pit crew — a group of people working together quickly and efficiently to achieve the...

No sentinel events spurred the change, but 2021 audits by the nurses and surgical technicians at The Reading Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge revealed that...

Everyone is aligned with the idea that endoscopes need to be dried before they’re stored because germs thrive in their long, dark, narrow channels....

Complex tasks require consistent protocols, as even seemingly minor variations can cause critical steps to fall through the cracks....

A poster from the National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP) can help providers understand the differences in what to look for while staging pressure injuries...

Looking for tools and resources to better help seniors prepare for their upcoming procedures at your facility?...

When it comes to SPD processes, remember this key task: “Washer spray arms must be cleaned out a minimum of once daily and inspected after each shift...

For the staff at The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi, a perfect time out before every procedure is non-negotiable....

When I was in high school, I was a highly competitive ice hockey player, fully expecting to compete in college....

The relentless cyberattacks on healthcare organizations — including surgery centers and hospitals — continues unabated....

The ORs at PIH Health Downey (Calif.) Hospital have been smoke-free for three years. If you’re interested in doing the same for your own ORs, here are key learnings from...

It cannot be overstated that the management of allergy information is an essential part of both the patient experience and patient safety at your ASC....

Airway management is a crucial component of modern medicine and enabling the safe and effective administration of anesthesia during surgery is paramount to patient...

There’s more to patient satisfaction than providing stellar outcomes for the problems they sought surgery to fix....

Many options exist for operating room table linens including fabric linens, disposable linens, and antimicrobial disposable linens....

The staff at The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi considers a perfect time out before every procedure to be non-negotiable....

We’ve long heard about the dangers of surgical smoke exposure and how it can threaten the long-term health of staff and patients in the OR, but what about its...