A hospital that removed a kidney from the wrong patient blames referring physician. A kidney removal case brought the wrong patient to the OR table.

Report: Anesthesiologist's blocks blinded 5 cataract patients in one morning. Patients reportedly screamed as anesthesiologist working his first day at the center inserted the needle.

A new way to think about retained items. Studies on the psychology of counting helped shape AORN's updated prevention guideline.

Are your safety checklists effective enough? Without these teamwork qualities, your OR staff's pre-surgical rundowns may be incomplete.

Shopping for safer tourniquets. These features help prevent pressure-related injuries and other potentially serious complications.

SPECIAL REPORT: Compounding disaster: How the deadliest medication contamination case in U.S. history happened — and how it could happen again.

Anesthesia tech sentenced to 1 year for molesting unconscious patients. Nurses reported seeing him touch 4 male patients, including 1 minor.

Researchers: pregabalin linked to birth defects. European study raises red flag on multimodal drug's use among childbearing women.

Stay on guard against malignant hyperthermia. The best drills simulate the urgency of a real life-or-death crisis.

Did hospital ignore contaminated scopes and infected patients? When nurse pushed for officials to report the outbreak, she claims she was forced out of her job.

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How safe are your patients? Our survey shows you have a long way to go to provide the level of quality and safety that your patients deserve.

Did hospital lack fire safety plan? OR fire reveals N.Y.C. hospital's safety deficit. Lack of prevention plan was "immediate jeopardy situation."

New guidelines on overlapping surgeries. ACS releases new guidelines on double-booking surgeries. "Overlapping operations" are OK, but patients should be informed.

The 6 nursing lessons I learned from the sleep apnea death of my teenage son. Nurse warns of the dangers of opioids after her son passes away from respiratory depression after surgery.

Get the most out of your Malignant Hyperthermia drills. 11 tips to help make sure you're prepared for the worst.

How did "Never Events" become routine? Ineffective time outs cause 4 wrong-sites within 40 days.

Watch the news report: Patients who suffered severe burns from fires during surgery. TV news piece investigates the pain and the lawsuits that followed a rash of surgical fires in Washington, D.C., area.

First, do no harm. Practical steps you can take today to keep your patients out of harm's way.

Safety: How safe are your medication practices? Reduce the risk of errors by reinforcing these 6 practice improvements.