Same-Day Surgery – June 1, 2009
June 1, 2009
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Special focus in next issue: How not to get sued
In next month's issue of Same-Day Surgery, we'll share the best ideas for avoiding liability in the outpatient surgery program. -
Outpatient surgery managers take swift action to stop spread of swine flu
Outpatient surgery managers are ordering more surgical masks, asking staff and patients about recent travel to areas with swine flu outbreaks, and reinforcing hand hygiene in preparation for a potential swine flu pandemic. -
Surgery programs reduce infections to zero, or close
(Editor's note: In this second part of a two-part series on infection control issues in ambulatory surgery, we give you information about how infection rates are dramatically low at two facilities. In last month's issue, we told you about a model program in North Carolina, as well as recent incidents at a hospital and surgery center.) -
Same-Day Surgery Manager: If you think you have a problem, here's what to do
The most frequent request we get at our office is to troubleshoot facilities. This request comes from freestanding surgery centers, hospital ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), hospital operating rooms, and everything in between. -
TJC makes it clear: Get surgical smoke out of OR
The air is clearing in the nation's operating rooms, as The Joint Commission (TJC) places a greater emphasis on evacuating smoke from electrocautery procedures. -
National push under way for surgical safety checklist
If flight crews have to do it before takeoff, why shouldn't surgical teams do it before cutting into a patient? -
Study says E-prescribing systems boost efficiency
Research in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicates that electronic prescribing systems might allow greater efficiency at hospitals, which could result in long-term cost savings and improved quality of care.