Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Keep surgeon's cases coming to your facility by providing lunch to surgeons. An Idea that works from a surgery center in Florida.

Use sticky notes to flag surgical supplies that are soon to outdate. An Idea that Works from Orange City Area Health System in Iowa.

Handling fluid waste and managing runoff after the Neptune recall.

Choose the right tourniquet every time, select a system that's safe and effective.

You might want to kill disruptive physicians, but you can heal them with tough love.

Killing two blurs with one stone, it might be worth considering combined cataract-glaucoma surgery.

Color-coded cards for pediatric patients match the Broselow pediatric system. Prepare for unexpected airway issues by using laminated matching cards on IV poles. An Idea that Works from a surgery center in Alabama.

Keep tabs on labs using a schedule board. An Idea that Works from a Medical Center in Idaho.

The sooner you can start the next case, the better. Read about the dance of the turnover team and secrets to a speedier room turnover.

Silence meeting mutterers during meetings by stopping talking. An Idea that Works from Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America's Ann Geier.