Same-Day Surgery – September 1, 2010

September 1, 2010

• Are you ready for an emergency? Don't get caught unprepared

  Equipment, supplies often unavailable in life-threatening emergencySupplies that were the incorrect size. Missing items. Empty oxygen tanks. Drained batteries on equipment. Unstocked or unlocked crash carts.

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• Ways you can tackle concerns with geriatrics

  Geriatric patients can present a host of challenges in outpatient surgery.

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• Same-Day Surgery Manager: Let's take a relook at old procedures

  There is an interesting thing happening, seemingly nationwide. Outpatient surgery is off way off! Some centers are reporting as much as a 23% decrease over last year.

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• Study shines light on malpractice causes

  A benchmarking report on some of the major causes of surgical malpractice cases has provided information that hospital quality managers and risk managers can use to improve performance and reduce adverse events.

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• Procedures, technology can prevent retained items

  Retained items in surgery are a constant risk in the OR, and there still is no perfect solution. The best strategy is to combine more than one prevention method and tailor the effort to the particular type of surgery, experts say.

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