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March 2025

OR Manager Conference second place poster winner highlights assessment tool to mitigate postanesthesia delirium risks

The poster presentations at the 2024 OR Manager Conference showcased exceptional perioperative initiatives, highlighting advancements and innovative practices. From streamlining documentation and optimizing billing processes to ensuring patient and staff safety in postanesthesia settings, the posters selected last year showed the ingenuity and dedication of healthcare professionals committed to excellence…

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By: Lindsay Botts
March 11, 2025
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OR Manager Conference third place poster winner showcases impactful documentation, billing improvements of implants in orthopedic surgery

The poster presentations at the 2024 OR Manager Conference showcased exceptional perioperative initiatives, highlighting advancements and innovative practices. From streamlining documentation and optimizing billing processes to ensuring patient and staff safety in postanesthesia settings, the posters selected last year showed the ingenuity and dedication of healthcare professionals committed to excellence…

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By: Lindsay Botts
March 11, 2025
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OR Manager Conference first place poster winner champions hand hygiene among staff

The poster presentations at the 2024 OR Manager Conference showcased exceptional perioperative initiatives, highlighting advancements and innovative practices. From streamlining documentation and optimizing billing processes to ensuring patient and staff safety in postanesthesia settings, the posters selected last year showed the ingenuity and dedication of healthcare professionals committed to excellence…

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By: Lindsay Botts
March 11, 2025
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Visual cues, education boost hand hygiene compliance

It is often said that small actions lead to big results. This so happens to be the case with hand hygiene compliance (HHC) in healthcare. Imagine a simple act, like washing hands, cutting infection rates by half—hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and surgical site infections being reduced simply by improving handwashing behaviors.…

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By: Fayoke Fatade, DNP, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
March 5, 2025
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Mentorship keeps newer nurses from scrubbing out

Starting a new job can be stressful for anyone, but nursing comes with a particular set of pressures. A 2024 survey of 6,000 nurses from the American Nurses Association (ANA), in partnership with McKinsey and Company, found that an astonishing 45% of early-tenure nurses reported they were somewhat likely to…

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By: Brita Belli
March 5, 2025
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Smart segregation, storage reduce biohazardous waste risks

From sharps and blood-soaked surgical instruments to discarded anesthetic agents, biohazardous waste from ORs can threaten human health and the environment. In addition, failure to adhere to regulatory requirements can result in significant fines. However, the volume and diversity of biohazardous waste can create challenges with managing this material. Mitigating…

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By: Arman Zeytounyan
March 5, 2025
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4 ways ASCs balance strict infection control, limited resources

Reduced costs, faster recovery, and other advantages can make outpatient surgical procedures more convenient for providers and patients alike. Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are incredibly safe, but a lot of work goes into infection control. Cross-trained staff often wear many hats, and limited budgets may not leave room for dedicated…

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By: Christy Newland
March 5, 2025
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Capital funding crunch spurs creative hospital financing

Health systems are fundamentally capital intensive. They are regulated; depend on highly educated, high-cost employees; and operate under complex reimbursement structures. Investing in new technologies and infrastructure upgrades is imperative to keeping up with the latest medical advances. But what happens when capital funds are insufficient or no longer available?…

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By: Anne Wainscott-Sargent
March 5, 2025
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