The movement to remove toxic surgical smoke from the nation’s ORs has reached another milestone, as 20 states have now passed laws that mandate usage of smoke...

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president and founder of Sheldon Sones and Associates. Based in Connecticut, the company has provided more than 200 surgical...

Patient warming stories tend to focus heavily on the “comfort” factor. That makes sense when you hear about all the positive comments and high satisfaction scores that tend to...

Strong communication is the essential component in a perioperative culture of safety. It means clear, consistent and respectful interactions among all team members to...

Nearly half of the 1,575 sentinel events reported to The Joint Commission (TJC) last year were falls. Tied for second were wrong surgeries: There were 127 incidents, or 8% of all...

Sentinel events are often referred to as “never events” because of the potentially serious harm they pose to patients that should never happen....

Are you using the right 503B outsourcing facility for your needs? It’s a multilayered question that ASCs and HOPDs should return to regularly....

More than two decades after the landmark Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was passed in 2000, approximately 385,000 sharps-related injuries still occur in healthcare...

If you’ve ever worked in the OR, you are aware that the guiding light of any case is not the surgeon, anesthesiologist or even the schedule. It’s the surgeon’s preference sheet....

There’s a reason surgeons who perform outpatient spine surgery will say proper positioning is as important as the procedure itself. Improper positioning increases the...

I was 17, I took part in a program that paired entrepreneurial-minded youth with local business owners. The centerpiece of the program was site visits....

Thinking of buying a new product for your facility? Of course, you’ll want to trial the product first, but also take a preemptive look at its Instructions for Use (IFU), advises...

HCA Healthcare Central/West Texas (CWT) Division has implemented a phased program that teaches nurses scrubbing skills in the perioperative environment...

Smart implants have long held the promise of transforming orthopedic care — from passive mechanical devices to active, data-generating tools that can enhance clinical...

Proper instrument cleaning and care are, of course, essential components of the surgical process....

Infection prevention and control (IPC) has always been an integral part of perioperative leadership. Over time, its focus shifted from reactive outbreak management to...

More unintended retention of foreign object incidents were reported to The Joint Commission (TJC) in 2024 than in any of the four previous years, according to the...

OR integration can mean many different things to many different people. It could be as simple as getting all the devices in the OR connected or giving surgeon fingertip access...

From strict quality and safety standards to mitigation against drug shortages, the benefits of 503B outsourcing facilities are well documented — and a major selling point...

On a sun-splashed June morning, Outpatient Surgery Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jared Bilski and I, along with our photographer for the day, Manager of Audience Engagement...