The only undefined role in your surgical environment walks through your doors every day: the vendor representative. Peter Daigle, CRCST, CER, executive director of the Healthcare Workforce Access Standards Commission, urges perioperative leaders to be part of a national effort to define their role before someone else defines it for them. More
The data showed that “perioperative GLP-1 use was associated with reduced odds of major adverse cardiovascular events and postoperative infections in elective noncardiac surgery.” We delve further into the results in this Q&A with one of the study's authors. More
“Enhancing Perioperative Emergency Readiness Through Simulation, ICS, and After-Action Review”—a poster by Rebecca Rayburn, RN, MS, CAPA, ABLS, perianesthesia senior nurse manager pre/post, and Meghan Rider, MS, RN, instructor of clinical nursing, both with University of Rochester Medicine’s Sawgrass Surgery Center—won second prize in the Periop Leader Week 2026 Poster Awards. Learn much more about what the nurses have accomplished in our deep-dive Q&A. More
