On Point: Have You Established a Culture of Safety? Talk is cheap when it comes to protecting patients and staff from harm.

3 Sharp Ideas to Improve Sharps Safety; Here's how we responded to a worrisome uptick in needlesticks and cuts.

Comprehensive Pressure Injury Prevention;Use this risk assessment tool to protect patients' skin from pre-op to PACU.

5 Steps to Smoke-Free Surgery; Your staff will breathe a collective sigh of relief when you clear the OR air of harmful contaminants.

Keep Fluid Off the Floor; A look at automated collection and disposal options that will keep your staff safe.

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.

Anesthesia Alert: 8 Little-Known Facts About Ketamine; Anesthetic and analgesic properties that make Special K special.

Employee Safety: An Exhaustive 3-year Quest for 12 Smoke-Free ORs; Northwest Hospital is the first hospital in Maryland to be completely smoke-free.

Infection Prevention: Zero Infections and Counting; Small improvements made a big difference in this hospital's quest to eliminate surgical site infections.

2018 OR Excellence Awards;There's a little piece of you in each of this year's winners.

Financial Management: The Perioperative Olympics; In one quarter, 52 staff-generated, gold-medal, money-saving ideas have resulted in $121,000 in savings.

Business Advisor: Unlock Your Equipment's Hidden Expiration Date; Know years in advance when you'll need to replace big-ticket items.

Ideas That Work: Do You Count Your Propofol?

Ideas That Work: Our Pre-op Bedside Briefing

Ideas That Work: Cover Panels Guard Door; Do Not Enter: UV Room Disinfection in Process

10 Tips for Safer Electrosurgery; Use these guidelines to keep both patients and staff safe.

There's That Cataract Van Again; Does outsourcing cataracts make sense for your facility?

Product News; Great ideas for your OR

Ideas That Work: Where Do You Store Patient Belongings?