Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Ideas That Work: Do You Count Your Propofol?

Environmental Stewardship: Blue Is the New Green; The team at Memorial Hermann Surgery Center has found many innovative uses for blue wrap - both in and out of the OR.

Employee Safety: An Exhaustive 3-year Quest for 12 Smoke-Free ORs; Northwest Hospital is the first hospital in Maryland to be completely smoke-free.

Anesthesia Alert: 8 Little-Known Facts About Ketamine; Anesthetic and analgesic properties that make Special K special.

Infection Prevention: Zero Infections and Counting; Small improvements made a big difference in this hospital's quest to eliminate surgical site infections.

Ideas That Work: Shelf Storage; Never Misplace a Pathology Specimen

Ideas That Work: Stay on Schedule; Dry Erase Board Keeps You Uber-Organized

Keep Your Nose Clean: What's your nasal decolonization strategy?

Satisfaction Guaranteed; 6 patient-pleasing ideas you can implement today.

The Calm Before the Surgery; A look at all-natural alternatives therapies that relax patients.