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Infection Prevention

Ready for the New Normal in Surface Disinfection?

By: John Berry11/29/2022

The short- and long-term impact of COVID-19 will surely include a radical change in how surface disinfection is practiced and enforced. "All of my surgical facilities are asking...

Workplace CulturePatient SafetyOpinionLeadership

Give Patients a Voice — and Listen to It

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors10/20/2022

It looks at one of the core challenges the American healthcare system faces today, through the lens of interviews with experts across the healthcare spectrum, by exploring solutions to the problem, rather than maliciously...

Staff Training and EducationPatient SafetyHealthcare IT

Chasing Zero Retained Items

By: Natalie Hope McDonald | Contributing Editor10/20/2022

The effects of a single retained surgical item (RSI) are often catastrophic to the unfortunate patients who fall victim to these sentinel events. As for the facilities who commit these never-events, the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority...

Workplace CulturePatient Safety

A Culture of Safety Stops Wrong-Site Surgeries Cold

By: Carlos Pellegrini, MD, FACS10/20/2022

A high-volume OR is booked to perform six consecutive hand surgeries. Five are scheduled on the right hand, and one, the fourth operation of the day, which is scheduled for 3 p.m., is scheduled on the left hand....

Staff Training and EducationPatient Safety

Electrosurgery Safety Made Easy

By: Jared Bilski | Managing Editor10/20/2022

Sound electrosurgical safety practices often come down to preventing complacency from setting in among the staff who use these high-powered devices to cut and coagulate tissue during countless surgical procedures.

Staff Training and EducationPatient Safety

Put Pressure Injuries in the Rearview

By: Carina Stanton | Contributing Editor10/20/2022

There’s no shortage of compelling data and research on exactly what it takes to prevent pressure injuries. The trick is finding practical ways to put that evidence into...

Staff SafetyWaste ManagementStaff Training and EducationInfection PreventionOrthopedics

No Needless Sharps Injuries

By: Kaylan Anderson, RN, BSN10/19/2022

Not long after we opened the doors to our small outpatient center in 2004, we experienced our first sharps injury. That was just the wake-up call we needed to ensure the event was a one-off mistake and not an unfortunate...

Staff Safety

Safeguard ORs Against Slip, Trip and Fall Hazards

By: Laurie Wolf, PhD, CPE, ASQ-CSSBB10/19/2022

Surgery is currently dominated by two forms of turnover: The turnover of breaking down and setting up for the next case and that of OR personnel jumping ship or retiring. This combination of fast-paced scheduling and increasingly...

Staff SafetyRegulatory AffairsCOVID-19

Fighting for Smoke-Free ORs

By: Natalie Hope McDonald | Contributing Editor10/18/2022

When Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed into law last year a measure that required hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers to eliminate surgical smoke, it was a big win for the nurses...

Staff SafetyWorkplace CultureStaffingPatient SafetyOpinion

Guest Editor: Create a Culture of Safety

By: Colleen Becker, PhD, MSN, RN, CCRN-K10/18/2022

This special issue of Outpatient Surgery Magazine is dedicated to safety from both the patient and the staff perspectives. It’s a topic that is near and dear to me for many reasons. As a nurse with more 30 years’ experience working at...

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