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Experts discuss one of the most frequent and costly surgical “never events” – retained surgical items.

Organizations across all industries are placing a high priority on measuring patient satisfaction, and the health care industry is no different. Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are using a variety of tools to gather feedback from patients.

One of the biggest keys to successful surgical outcomes is thorough patient prep before the surgery. This article explores many different components of the process.

There has been a tremendous surge in robotic-assisted surgery in recent years with more than 7 million robotic surgical procedures performed worldwide in 2020.

What items are on your OR or ASC wish list this year? We decided to ask a number of different perioperative professionals this question. Following is a summary of their responses.

When most people hear the terms “time out” and “handoff,” they think of football. In OR parlance, a time out is a pause that’s performed prior to the initiation of an operative or invasive procedure. A handoff is the transfer of a patient’s care from one practitioner to another.