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Staff Training and EducationIdeas That Work

Ideas That Work: Unlocking Team Education

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors01/10/2023

Packed OR schedules and staffing shortages conspired to cancel Kadlec Regional Medical Center’s annual skills fair, which was scheduled to take place in its simulation lab near its main campus in Richland, Wash...

Patient SafetyPatient ExperiencePain ManagementIdeas That Work

Ideas That Work: Stoplight Simplifies Post-Care Decisions

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors01/10/2023

When patients are recovering from intense surgeries at home and something unexpected or concerning occurs, they need to know whether what they’re experiencing is a common-but-alarming natural byproduct of their surgical journey...

Workplace CultureWaste ManagementIdeas That WorkEnvironmental Stewardship

Ideas That Work: Saving the Environment One Surgical Pack at a Time

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors01/09/2023

After much work, communication and trial and error, the staff at Eye 35 ASC in Schertz, Texas, have fine-tuned and standardized their surgical packs to match their exact needs....

Workplace CultureIdeas That WorkDiversity Equity Inclusion

Ideas That Work: ‘Donation Bins’ Help Multiple Communities

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors01/09/2023

When OrthoArizona recently decided to hold a food drive, it pulled out all the stops. Rather than limiting the effort to one facility helping a single community, it placed donation boxes at each of its more than two dozen locations in...

Patient ExperienceIdeas That WorkPediatrics

Ideas That Work: Help Children Prepare for Surgery

By: Outpatient Surgery Editors01/09/2023

How do you get kids comfortable with the idea of going under the knife? You give them a glimpse into the operating room, making sure there are plenty of teddy bears to go around....

Staff Safety

The Secrets of a Successful Surgical Smoke Evacuation Program

By: Danielle Bouchat-Friedman | Senior Editor01/09/2023

Up until a few years ago, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center didn’t have a standard surgical smoke evacuation program in place. While having such a program may seem like a no-brainer for one of the nation’s leading cancer centers...

Staff SafetyWound Closure

Cut Down Stubbornly High Sharps Injury Rates

By: Nick Pipitone | Contributing Editor01/09/2023

Juan A. Sanchez, MD, FACS, describes the OR as a “target-rich environment for sharps injuries.” Dr. Sanchez is the chair of the committee on Perioperative Care at the American College of Surgeons, and he says a perfect storm of factors in...

Patient SafetyPain ManagementIndustry TrendsAnesthesiaOrthopedics

Momentum Growing for Opioid-Free Surgery

By: Natalie Hope McDonald | Contributing Editor01/09/2023

The relationship between opioid use during and after surgery and the opioid addiction crisis is a complex one. While ineffective pain management can make recovery a nightmare, there’s a real risk for many patients when it comes to opioid addiction....

Neurosurgery-SpineStaff Training and EducationInfection PreventionOrthopedics

Standardize Nasal Decolonization and Cut SSIs

By: Carina Stanton | Contributing Editor01/09/2023

With the surge in joint replacements and other orthopedic surgeries moving to ambulatory care, ASCs also face a higher risk for surgical site infections (SSIs)....

GastroenterologyWaste ManagementSupply ManagementPatient ExperienceInstrument Reprocessing and CareHealthcare ITAnesthesia

Keep Up With the Colonoscopy Boom

By: Eric M. Pauli, MD, FACS, FASGE01/09/2023

Combine the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently lowering the recommended initial colorectal screening age from 50 to 45 with the influx of newly scheduled screenings from patients who postponed their colonoscopies during the height...

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