Is it Time for a Checklist Double-Check? 3 tips to get the most out of surgery's essential safety tool.
How Much Do You Know About Patient Warming? A recent survey suggests some nurses are still stumped on the basics of preventing perioperative hypothermia.
Celebrating 10 Years Of the Surgical Safety Checklist; Q&A with Thomas Weiser, MD, checklist co-creator and champion of safer patient care.
What's in Your MH Cart? Answer these 10 questions to find out if you're ready to respond to a malignant hyperthermia crisis.
On Point: Have You Established a Culture of Safety? Talk is cheap when it comes to protecting patients and staff from harm.
Left-Behind Needle Proves Fatal; Lessons learned from the tragedy a final count might have prevented.
Advances in Medication Management; Technology can increase drug security and safety.
Patient Safety: Priority One Protecting Patients; Houston Physicians' Hospital is committed to optimizing patient safety.
10 Tips for Safer Electrosurgery; Use these guidelines to keep both patients and staff safe.
Safety: Can You Spot the Drug Safety Hazard?
Are You Doing Enough to Prevent Pressure Injuries; Proper patient positioning will protect patients' skin from avoidable harm.
The Soul of a Surgical Safety Checklist; What started as steps on a static piece of paper is now a digital tool that enhances patient safety.
Safety; 5 Ways You Can Prevent Drug Diversion
Prevent Pressure Ulcers; 7 practical pearls to protect your patients' skin.
The Ink Must Go Where the Knife Will Cut; There'll be less wrong-site surgery if your surgeons cut through their initials.
Almost Left Behind; Lessons learned from a final count that came up 2 sponges short.
6 Hot Trends in Medication Safety; Add these technologies to protect your patients and staff from drug-related harm.
3 non-invasive ways to easily track your patient's core body temperature before, during and after surgery.
Is your staff prepared to swing into action to save a patient's life?
Compounders are engineering safety features into their prefilled products.