Behind Closed Doors: Can't we all just get along? Is on-the-job behavior bogging us down?
Upgrade your GI service with these products. 7 innovations that can make endoscopy more efficient.
Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas - get sensible about supplies.
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.
Safety: Give your facility this drug security test. 5 measures that will help prevent diversion.
Staff Safety: Honorhealth Scottsdale (Ariz.) Thompson Peak Medical Center spares no expense to keep its staff safe.
Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.
Infection Control: A back-to-basics approach curbs the infection rate at Mercy Tiffin (Ohio) Hospital.
In Case You Missed It - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - September, 2015
Your primer on plasma cutting and coagulation devices. These little 'lightsabers' let your surgeons gently slice and seal tissue.
Image-guided sinus surgery: The new standard of care? A growing number of surgeons and patients are demanding the game-changing technology.
Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.
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.
Legal Update: Are your GI lab services legal? Exclusive pathology contracts can attract anti-kickback scrutiny.
Increase hand washing compliance with this Idea That Works from Houston, Texas.
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.