How we secured frontline buy-in and ensure continued compliance. Read our 3 sure-fire steps to standardized preps.

What does the latest literature recommend on skin antisepsis and hair removal? Read the science of skin prepping.

Test your knowledge and review the evidence on this antiseptic patient preparation. What do you know about pre-op CHG showers?

10-year safety review in Minnesota shows adverse events are on the decline. Error reporting works.

Patient "inexplicably left alone" and unmonitored before surgery. A fatal cataract sedation results in a $2.1M settlement.

Commission recommends 3.25-5.25% increase for HOPDs. MedPAC: Freeze Payments for ASCs in 2015

In Tennessee alone, claims now total nearly $1.5B. Company blamed for meningitis outbreak is hit with a $1.17B suit.

ASCA urges facilities to contact lawmakers, support co-pay fix.

SIS expands focus beyond traditional hospitals and health systems with addition of ambulatory surgery IT leader Amkai. Surgical Information Systems acquires AmkaiSolutions.

Doing so is within CMS guidelines, officials say. A Maryland ASC is gearing up for overnight stays.

Website takes aim at curbing musculoskeletal injuries from patient handling and moving. OSHA launches new website to protect hospital workers.

Company allegedly made off-label marketing claims and kickback payments. CareFusion settles ChloraPrep whistleblower case for $40.1M.

Gel sealant provides solution to post-cataract surgery leakage. FDA approves corneal incision glue.

Our 2014 salary survey results are in. See how your paycheck compares to your colleagues in Outpatient Surgery Magazine's 2014 Salary Survey.

Colonoscopy surveillance and cataract surgery quality measures pushed back to April. CMS delays data collection start for 3 new quality measures.

Popular fluid waste management system to return to market. FDA green-lights Neptune 2.

Wouldn't it be nice to visualize the vessels beneath the skin? Thinking of buying vein-finding technology?

Doc with positive drug test gets green light to return. Agreement with state's Department of Health includes ongoing monitoring.

There are 50 or so steps involved in cleaning an instrument tray. We set out on a quest to eliminate as many those steps as possible. From the OR to central sterile and back again.

There are many ways to prevent hypothermia. How do you warm your patients?