Ambulatory surgery is growing in popularity among physicians and patients. While it can be convenient and less expensive, ambulatory surgery also has risks. The risks oblige all those involved with ambulatory surgeries to make effective decisions about what procedures to…
It is Monday morning, and you’ve been invited to participate in the infection prevention rounds in your ambulatory surgical center. This activity will take you on rounds through the OR, sterile processing area, pharmacy, and a construction site to identify…
P.A.C.T.: Practical Approaches to Comprehensive Treatment of Pain curriculum focuses on improving clinicians’ ability to recognize, diagnose, and classify pain; educating clinicians on the full spectrum of pain management options, including non-opioid pharmacologic interventions; and providing risk reduction strategies through…
The overarching purpose of this training is to provide concentrated education and resources to promote the safe and effective prescribing of controlled substances when clinically appropriate for a legitimate medical purpose. The focus is to accelerate practice implementation and compliance…
Many studies show using a surgical safety checklist improves surgical outcomes. In one survey of clinicians, over 90% of respondents said they would want a checklist used if they were undergoing surgery. However, researchers have recently identified poor checklist compliance…
One of the most common acute surgical conditions in children is appendicitis. Less than 50% of children with appendicitis will present with classic symptoms. However, the perforation rate increases to more than 65% when the diagnosis of appendicitis is delayed…
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