Chicago hospital sues leapfrog for defamation over low patient safety grade.

Recall: Midazolam syringes in blister packs contain syringes of ondansetron. Fresenius Kabi USA is recalling a lot of mislabeled prefilled syringes that were distributed nationwide.

Study: Overlapping surgeries are safe for patients. A study of more 2,000 neurosurgery patients showed no major difference in post-op complications between overlapping and non-overlapping surgeries.

3 fire prevention tips. Your OR team can minimize the chance of a surgical fire.

Safety: Quiet, Please: Noise distractions in the OR. Silence is golden during the critical stages of surgery.

Anesthesia alert: Who's unsafe for outpatient surgery? Certain patients shouldn't get past your anesthesia gatekeepers.

Lawsuit over left-behind ligating clip can proceed. Surgeons allegedly left a ligating clip in a patient's bladder after robot-assisted prostate removal.

Study: "Frailty" a better predictor of complications than age in low-risk surgeries. Informed consent should deemphasize age, increase emphasis on frailty, say the authors.

CDC study: Doctors and nurses admit to reusing syringes for multiple patients at dangerously high rates. Researchers found that 12% of physicians and 3% of nurses reuse syringes in their workplace.

7 tips to prevent medication errors. Ensure the right dose of the right medication reaches the right patient.

5 tips for safely handling sleep apnea patients. Most of your obstructive sleep apnea patients don't even know they have it.

The horror and heartbreak of a retained object. Nurses with firsthand experience of retained surgical items carry deep emotional scars.

Lessons from 3 wrong-site surgeries. Focus on what really happened, not what's supposed to happen.

Are your patients at risk of DVT? The vascular surgeon who created the Caprini Score discusses how to protect your patients from life-threatening blood clots.

Let's ban surgical smoke. It's time to protect all surgical professionals from the harmful effects of toxic plumes.

Make MH drills count. Realistic practice sessions could someday prove to be life-saving exercises.

Inmate claims he was needlessly handcuffed and shackled during and after emergency appendectomy. Despite objections from surgeon, prison guards kept patient restrained for days, according to lawsuit.

Deep dive into VTE prevention. Match prophylaxis to patient-specific risks to guard against clot formation.

Can you pass our electrosurgery quiz. Find out how much your surgeons and staff know about the science of surgical energy.

8 ways to prevent pressure ulcers. How to maintain the integrity of each patient's skin.