Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

8 common misconceptions about instrument decontamination. The right way to get items ready for sterilization.

Surgeons Lounge: App store. Text the Patient's Family Updates from the OR

Surgeons Lounge: Keyhole Injuries. A Safer Trocar.

Protect delicate instruments with this Idea That Works from Warsay, Ind.

Prevent blood pressure cuffs from kinking with this Idea That Works from Galion, Ohio.

Simple steps for going greener. You don't have to go to the ends of the earth for your environmental efforts.

Smooth a fiberglass cast with this Idea That Works from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Help vitrectomy patients recover at home with this Idea That Works from San Diego, California.

Surgeons' Lounge: No IV, No NPO. How Do You Handle Straight Local Cases?

Expert Q&A: wrong-site surgery. Why years of time outs and surgical site marking haven't eradicated this never event.