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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

News & Notes

Tip of the week Are red-bag wastes, sharps, recyclables and unshredded sensitive paperwork routinely ending up in your regular trash bins? Line those ...

InstaPoll: Do You Check Your Work E-Mail on Vacation?

Be honest: When you're on vacation, do you feel compelled to check your work e-mail 2 or 3 or 4 times a day? Or do you manage to leave it all behind...

N.Y. Hepatitis Outbreaks Linked to Propofol Reuse

An investigation into a pair of hepatitis outbreaks in New York City has revealed that the same anesthesiologist was responsible for spreading 6 cas...

Infection Control
SSI prevention, including surface disinfection, surgical scrubs, barrier protection, antibiotics, waste management and patient warming.
December 2008
6 Ways to Improve Hand-rub Compliance
Here are examples of what outpatient surgical facilities around the country are doing to improve hand-hygiene compliance with hand rubs. As you'll see, it takes persiste...
November 2008
Skin Prep Pop Quiz
It's time to test your surgical prep knowledge. Do you know the difference between preps' active ingredients? What about the proper way to apply preps? We'll see. You ma...
Infection Control
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  Top 15 Regular Issue Articles
6 Ways to Improve Hand-rub Compliance (12/2008)
Skin Prep Pop Quiz (11/2008)
ABC's of Surface Disinfection (10/2008)
Infection Prevention (9/2008)
What's New in Low-temperature Sterilization (8/2008)
Ideas That Work (8/2008)
What's Wrong With Flashing Cataract Instruments? (7/2008)
Infection Prevention (7/2008)
Ideas That Work (7/2008)
10 Tips to Prevent a TASS Outbreak (7/2008)
This Just In (6/2008)
Infection Prevention (6/2008)
Back to Basics (6/2008)
A Scar is Born (6/2008)
This Just In (5/2008)
  Top 15 Manager's Guides' Articles
Surgery's Hidden Dangers
Safe Medical Waste Disposal
Infection Control
Take Our Infection Prevention Matching Test
Your Role in Reprocessing
Keep the Sterile Field Under Cover
The Importance of Antibiotic Protocols
The Essentials of Endoscope Reprocessing
The Practice of Prepping
A Review of Hand Hygiene
Does Your Cleaning Scratch the Surface?
Learning to Glove Again