It’s a battle that never ends: disinfection of the many fixed and mobile surfaces in your ORs after every case, performed as quickly and as thoroughly as possible....

Houston Methodist Hospital experienced a spike in reportable surgical site infections (SSIs) after open abdominal hysterectomies in 2023....

When the wildfires raged in California earlier this year, it wasn’t just firefighters who were concerned about the impact of the smoke....

Trusted associations strongly recommend warming patients throughout the perioperative process and an array of studies highlight the multiple benefits of this...

“Clean in, clean out” is the mantra that acute care teams use to keep staff hands clean and patients safe from transmissible infection. Of course, busy surgical team members...

National Nurses Week, observed this year from May 6 to 12, recognizes the vital work being performed every minute of every day by millions of registered nurses in the U.S. and...

By nature, great leaders are problem-solvers. They look deep within complex dynamics to identify conflicts and constraints that could hinder their teams from operating at...

As a leader, you naturally want your team members to be satisfied with their jobs. But there’s a fine line between happy-but-complacent employees and fulfilled...

The early recognition and prompt treatment of a malignant hyperthermia (MH) crisis is essential for a patient’s survival. Healthcare professionals everywhere are on a mission...

Whether you’re starting from scratch or expanding what’s already there, there are many layers to every construction project involving surgical facilities...

Imagine this nightmare scenario: A large new endoscopy center is designed. Local officials review the construction plans. The facility is built. Those same officials conduct...

Patient and payor preferences and the potential for a seismic shift in how outpatient surgery is reimbursed have health systems strategizing about how their futures can...

What are the biggest challenges your team faces? A great leader doesn’t fall back and double down on the tried-and-true during times of disruption....

When the Cleveland Clinic announced that a new ambulatory surgery center was being constructed in Palm Beach, Fla. this year, the industry took notice....

Since 2015, Brent Stackhouse, managing director of Mount Sinai Ventures, has been involved in developing ASCs for the Mount Sinai Health System to meet market...

Two patient safety groups have issued an alert about the potential for injecting fragments of flexible stoppers on medication vials into patients....

Outfitting your orthopedic surgery center for the latest in cutting-edge procedures is an ongoing process, whether building from the ground up, retrofitting for growth or...

Organizations naturally gravitate toward hierarchical structures, but today’s most enlightened leaders make a concerted effort to avoid rigidly existing (or, in the view of...

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Scott Smallwood, RN, clinical director for Bend (Ore.) Surgery Center....

I love my job. I have always enjoyed educating new ASC leaders and watching them grow professionally....