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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

Hospira Recalling Selected Lots of IV Reglan and Zofran - This Just In

Protect patients and staff by following these basic protocols to prevent surgical fires. Three basic precautions keep the flames from flying in your ORs.

What's the Most Common Medical Error in Indiana? - This Just In - Sept

Managing an MH Crisis - Staff & Patient Safety - October, 2013

The 5 P's of Skin Injury Prevention - Staff & Patient Safety - October