Newsweek partnered with global research firm Statista to identify the 400 best ASCs in 25 states with the most facilities, including Texas.

Newsweek partnered with global research firm Statista to identify the 400 best ASCs in 25 states with the most facilities, including Florida.

Urosurgical Center of Richmond (Va.) is using a LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot to bolster its infection prevention efforts, according to an October announcement.

Newsweek partnered with global research firm Statista to identify the 400 best ASCs in 25 states with the most facilities, including California.

Newsweek partnered with global research firm Statista to identify the 400 best ASCs in 25 states with the most facilities, including Arizona.

Fifty-eight ASCs partnered with Deerfield, Ill.-based Surgical Care Affiliates made Newsweek's ranking of "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers 2021."

Newsweek partnered with global research firm Statista to identify the 400 best ASCs in 25 states with the most facilities.

Terri Link, BSN, an ambulatory education specialist with the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, provided a step-by-step guide to infection prevention in ASCs during the 2020 AORN Virtual Global Surgical Conference, according to OR Management News.

About 20 percent of young adult patients hospitalized for COVID-19 ended up in intensive care units, with 10 percent needing ventilation, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

At this point in the COVID-19 pandemic, testing, staffing and burnout are top of mind for ASC leaders.

Three notable updates on COVID-19 for ASC leaders to know:

While largely isolated from initial and subsequent COVID-19 responses, ASCs have to ensure they have a comprehensive infection prevention plan to reduce the risk of viral transmission and continue elective procedures.

Researchers at Australia's national science agency, CSIRO, found evidence that the virus that causes COVID-19 can survive on common surfaces for up to 28 days, according to Technology Networks.

During the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses' virtual meeting, Surgical Information Systems Chief Nursing Officer Ann Geier, RN, moderated a panel discussion about the challenges ASCs are facing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, OR Manager reported Sept. 30.

The Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society asked the ASC community to share challenges they've faced — and changes they've embraced — since the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

One Medical Passport named 12 top contestants in its ASC Everyday Heroes Program, an initiative to celebrate "the unrecognized heroes in outpatient surgery."

Patient warming can be an important tool for surgeons in ensuring patients are comfortable during surgery and reducing surgical site infections, according to two recent meta-analyses published in January and May.

Austin, Texas-based Personique Surgery Center installed a contactless kiosk to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19, as well as other transmittable viruses and diseases.

CMS awarded Crystal Clinic Orthopaedic Center a five-star rating in patient experience.

Eight AmSurg ASCs were awarded the 2020 Press Ganey Guardian of Excellence Award.