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...

Patient and payor preferences and the potential for a seismic shift in how outpatient surgery is reimbursed have health systems strategizing about how their futures can...

When the Cleveland Clinic announced that a new ambulatory surgery center was being constructed in Palm Beach, Fla. this year, the industry took notice....

Since 2015, Brent Stackhouse, managing director of Mount Sinai Ventures, has been involved in developing ASCs for the Mount Sinai Health System to meet market...

Outfitting your orthopedic surgery center for the latest in cutting-edge procedures is an ongoing process, whether building from the ground up, retrofitting for growth or...

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Scott Smallwood, RN, clinical director for Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center....

I love my job. I have always enjoyed educating new ASC leaders and watching them grow professionally....

When I took the job as clinical director of an ASC, I imagined myself as a visionary leader who ensured patients and staff would thrive in a perfectly coordinated dance of...

U.S. News & World Report just released its 2025 Best Ambulatory Surgery Center ratings, the second annual edition of an ASC ratings initiative that is based on risk-adjusted...

The Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Ambulatory Surgery Center Quality Reporting Program (ASCQR) is complex, even for experienced professionals in ASC...

The complexity of the spine includes many moving parts that can make it challenging to pinpoint a patient’s pain....