Don't use saline bags to position patients. Improvised shoulder roll a patient safety danger.

The secret to fewer post-operative deep-vein blood clots. Prevention program leads to an 84% drop in the rate of DVT.

The real consequences of medication errors. Focus on proper labeling, smart storage and constant communication to protect patients from harm.

Epidural steroid injections under scrutiny. FDA warns against rare but serious pain management complications.

Keep your guard up for malignant hyperthermia. Here's how we keep from being caught unprepared.

How to create a latex-safe facility. Rather than trying to rid your facility of latex, treat all your staff and patients as if they have a latex allergy.

Ontario Study: Checklists may not improve patient outcomes. Study finds no "measureable improvements" in surgical safety records.

Can we get to zero? Yes, experts say it can be done. Prevent wrong-site surgeries.

Airway disaster averted. How to avoid losing airways — and how to save the day when something goes wrong.

Advice on preventing retained objects, pressure ulcers, SSIs and falls. How to avoid hospital-acquired conditions.

10-year safety review in Minnesota shows adverse events are on the decline. Error reporting works.

Follow these 7 commonsense tips to eliminate surgical mistakes.

Could any of these 10 labeling and storage accidents waiting to happen, be lurking in your facility?

Knowing when to operate is knowing when not to operate. Are you pushing the patient safetyenvelope?

You can make 'never events' a reality with renewed focus and attention are what's needed.

Personal electronic devices are distracting from patient care. Learn to fight the 'gizmo addiction' in your facility.

A correction to an article about preparing for a malignant hyperthermia emergency.

California fines hospitals $775,000 over patient deaths and safety hazards.

How we improved the quality of our closing count and prevent retained surgical sponges.

Hospital, Anesthesiologist Absolved in Woman's Death