In the event of an emergency, you and your staff won’t have a lot of time to act, but you can help increase the chances of effective evacuation by posting the details of your facility-specific route in high-traffic areas. Hunterdon Center...

Celebrating National Nurses Month in May highlighted the importance of showing staff how much they’re respected and how much their hard work is appreciated. Ownership at Florida Medical Clinic came up with several ways...

At the onset of the pandemic, people were memorably advised to sing “Happy Birthday” to themselves to ensure they washed their hands long enough to fully disinfect them. At Dayton (Ohio) Eye Surgery Center, where hand hygiene...

You likely have a natural skill for spotting areas of needed improvement and identifying the changes your facility needs to make. Of course, identifying those areas...

Do no harm guides the culture of safe patient care. At The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., the mantra also extends to protecting the environment. As part of a commitment...

There are plenty of ways for surgical nurses to develop their leadership skills outside of the OR. Nurses who share their expertise enhance their own knowledge and skill level...

Best practices in the high-level disinfection of flexible endoscopes must be prioritized after every one of the estimated 15 million colonoscopies performed each year in the U.S.,...

Regional anesthesia has evolved into a game-changer for performing joint replacement procedures. The improved ability to block pain signals around the surgical area...

Denise Kesler, RN, retired from her role as the director of the Athens (Ga.) Orthopedic Clinic ASC last month. She’s seen the surgery center evolve from a fledging facility...

When Woodrow Moore needed a balloon angioplasty and single stent implant, he chose to have the procedures performed at the Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center in Katy. Fixes like these...

The proper cleaning and sterilization of microsurgical instruments is an essential part of safe patient care, but its importance can be overlooked by busy surgeons...

Making sure patients are positioned for surgery with safety in mind is a critical part of any procedure. Issues with positioning can make a straightforward surgery...

The day was like any other to the physicians and staff who bustled about the Warren Clinic, the office space of an orthopedic medical group on the campus of...

I’ll never forget absentmindedly checking CNN’s homepage on Dec. 14, 2012, and being gutted by the image on the screen. A Connecticut state trooper, with a look of anguish on her face, was hurriedly leading a line of crying...

Shoulder replacements can be difficult to perform, especially when anatomical deformities in the joint and missing bone in the scapula increase the complexity...

The Joint Commission offers an end-of-year analysis by the ambulatory care team to highlight the most frequently cited standards. According to the report, in 2021 the most challenging ambulatory care standards fell into these...

Industry watchers look closely at pricing and cost benefits of surgeries performed in the hospital compared to the same procedures done in ambulatory surgery centers. ASC Focus, the ASCA Journal, reported new data online...

A study of nearly two million joint replacements over an eight-year period found no significantly higher complications in total hip replacements performed in outpatient settings as compared to inpatient procedures. The study...

Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s New Surgical Construction Bulletin (NSCB) reports daily on the construction and renovation activities in the outpatient community around the country. Some projects are multi-million-dollar...

Patient safety is always of concern for healthcare professionals who perform surgeries in ambulatory settings nationwide. A new report issued in March by ECRI outlines the top patient safety concerns for 2022....