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Ideas That Work

Ideas That Work: Don't Sleepwalk Through Monday Morning Huddles

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

Re-energize and start the day off right with this Idea That Works from Oakland, CA.

Anesthesia

Anesthesia Alert: Key Takeaways From the New OSA Guidelines

By: Jim Burger01/31/2017

Anesthesia alert: Key takeaways from the new OSA guidelines. What the latest obstructive sleep apnea recommendations mean to you.

Supply Management

Coming Clean on Instrument Washers

By: Nancy Chobin01/31/2017

Coming clean on instrument washers. Tips for buying the machine that's right for your facility.

Ideas That Work

Ideas That Work: Cleaner Capnography With More Stability

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

For a cleaner capnography with more stability try this Idea That Works from Austin, Texas.

Opinion

Behind Closed Doors: The Not-So-Golden Olden Days

By: Paula Watkins01/31/2017

Behind Closed Doors: The not-so-golden olden days. A look back at a simpler — but not necessarily better — time in the OR.

Medical Malpractice-Legal

Legal Update: The Legal Burden of Workplace Bullying

By: Angela Burnette, Genta Iwasaki, Rebecca Kennedy01/31/2017

Legal update: The legal burden of workplace bullying. Staff-on-staff hostility puts your facility at risk for litigation.

Ideas That Work

Ideas That Work: Set a Mark for Your Germ-Zapping Robot on the Ceiling

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

Save time moving disinfecting robots around with this Idea That Works from Olean, NY.

Surgical Video and Imaging

Does Size Matter When It Comes to Surgical Displays?

By: Miroslav Uchal01/31/2017

Does size matter when it comes to surgical displays? A bigger screen size is nice, but that's not all surgeons care about.

Coding Billing Collections

Are Bundled Payments Good for Surgery?

By: Daniel Cook01/31/2017

Are bundled payments good for surgery? How to capitalize on the popular payment model that sets a flat price for all the care you'll deliver before, during and after surgery.

Ideas That Work

Ideas That Work: Let Patients See Your Staff Wash Their Hands

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

Let patients see nurses sanitizing their hands with this Idea That Works from Lafayette, LA.

Patient Safety

7 Questions to Ask Your Compounding Lab

By: Diane Stopyra01/31/2017

7 Questions to ask your compounding lab. Does your lab take medication safety as seriously as you do?

Financial Management

Coding & Billing: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table?

By: Vi Dodd, Caleb Cox01/31/2017

Coding & Billing: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table? A busy surgical center shares 4 tips to collect all that's rightfully yours.

Supply Management

Product News

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

Product News

Neurosurgery-Spine

Secrets to Safe Same-Day Spinal Fusion

By: W. Bradley Worthington01/31/2017

Secrets to safe same-day spinal fusion. Anterior cervical surgery is all about patient selection and pain management

Editors Page

Editor's Page: Putting Things Into Their Proper Perspective

By: Dan O'Connor01/31/2017

Editor's page: Putting things into their proper perspective. A surgical fire, appropriate OR attire and UnitedHealth's empire.

Patient Safety

Digging Deeper to Reduce Medical Errors

By: Spence Byrum01/31/2017

Digging deeper to reduce medical errors. If you don't reach the root cause, you're not likely to solve the problem.

Staff Safety

Safety: Inside Our Sharps Safety Success

By: Mary Pat Gilligan01/31/2017

Safety: Inside our sharps safety success. We slashed percutaneous injuries in our ORs by more than one-third.

Ideas That Work

Ideas That Work: Can You Spot These 7 Medication Label Errors?

By: OSD Staff01/31/2017

Avoid medication errors with this Idea That Works.

ENT

Image-guided ENT: The New Standard?

By: Bill Donahue01/31/2017

Image-guided ENT: The new standard? How surgical navigation takes the guesswork out of delicate ENT procedures.

Patient Safety

Did Skin Prep Fuel This Fire?

By: Daniel Cook01/31/2017

Did skin prep fuel this fire? Alcohol-based skin preps cause only 4% of OR fires, but you must still exercise care when applying these flammable agents.

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