The 5-Diamond Patient Safety Program offers a free, downloadable poster detailing five steps patient can take to ensure safer healthcare. The poster also lists specific suggestions designed to help ...

Unused capacity due to patient no-shows and non-compliance with preoperative and postoperative instructions can be a significant cost burden for ambulatory surgery centers, but swift action can ...

The Association of periOperative Nurses recently released new recommended practices for specimen management, which provide expanded guidance as well as two new ...

Surgical preparation starts well before a patient enters the operating room. For the best outcomes, it’s crucial that both the doctor and the patient carefully follow all preoperative precautions. In ...