Special Editions Archive

Operating room temperatures have long been a point of contention among clinical staff and surgical teams....

At first blush, skin prep seems like a relatively straightforward process where nothing could go wrong....

Should facilities screen all patients for Staphylococcus aureus, or just some? Should they decolonize all patients without screening first?...

It’s a battle that never ends: disinfection of the many fixed and mobile surfaces in your ORs after every case, performed as quickly and as thoroughly as possible....

Houston Methodist Hospital experienced a spike in reportable surgical site infections (SSIs) after open abdominal hysterectomies in 2023....

When the wildfires raged in California earlier this year, it wasn’t just firefighters who were concerned about the impact of the smoke....

Trusted associations strongly recommend warming patients throughout the perioperative process and an array of studies highlight the multiple benefits of this...

“Clean in, clean out” is the mantra that acute care teams use to keep staff hands clean and patients safe from transmissible infection. Of course, busy surgical team members...

Whether you’re starting from scratch or expanding what’s already there, there are many layers to every construction project involving surgical facilities...

Imagine this nightmare scenario: A large new endoscopy center is designed. Local officials review the construction plans. The facility is built. Those same officials conduct...