Imagine this nightmare scenario: A large new endoscopy center is designed. Local officials review the construction plans. The facility is built. Those same officials conduct...

Two patient safety groups have issued an alert about the potential for injecting fragments of flexible stoppers on medication vials into patients....

Finding your voice as a new nurse in the operating room can be terrifying. It’s challenging to navigate all the different personalities, and it’s not something nursing...

Cord management is a recurring problem for many nurses when they bring patients into the OR. Sometimes the best solutions for these types of nagging issues come...

One weekend each month, all the rooms at Knoxville (Tenn.) Orthopaedic Center are treated with liquid and vaporized isopropyl alcohol, a protocol that serves as an...

Have you checked on the quality of the water that’s coming into and moving around your facility, particularly the water that your sterile processing department (SPD) uses...

Perioperative teams keep patient and staff safety top of mind at all times, even during days with high volumes of cases that could pose distractions to providing safe care...

A hospital nurse from South Carolina and a team of ICU nurses from Boston were honored as “Extraordinary Nurses in Patient Safety” at a national conference last week...

An inadvertent hypothermic event during surgery can turn a routine procedure into a case with multiple complications....

It’s one of the most undiscussed and unstudied phenomena in surgery, dating back to the very first operations on patients: the presence of insects in the OR and the...

When you give staff the power and the freedom to not only bring fresh ideas to the table, but also to weave those ideas into the day-to-day workflow, great things can...

Like so many aspects of outpatient care, clear and consistent communication is at the heart of the surgical time out....

Eco-conscious facilities should always strive to practice sustainable health care.

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has reversed course on its plan to change the way it reimburses for anesthesia care payments, which critics said included not paying for...

As the year comes to an end and facilities take stock of their practices in 2024, it’s helpful to review concerns expressed by patient safety groups and consider the...

JD Buchert, MSN, M.Ed., MS, RN, recalls a patient encounter that has stuck with him over the years, one of many cases that has helped shape his understanding of how...

Traditional thinking about pressure injuries (PIs) can lead to many providers only being on guard against them when caring for older patients in acute-care settings who have...

The Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC) has announced the creation of a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary research agenda....

Here’s a free resource you’ll want to let your staff know about: The MH App is a simple yet valuable tool for handling a malignant hyperthermia (MH) crisis....

Deb Spratt, MPA, BSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, CHL, an independent perioperative consultant based in Rochester, N.Y., has more than 50 years of healthcare leadership...