Your best treatment options for GERD. Several possible interventions are available. Here are some factors to consider.

7 tips to prevent medication errors. Ensure the right dose of the right medication reaches the right patient.

Infection prevention: Help your reprocessors do the right thing. Give your techs the training and the tools they need to bust those bugs.

5 tips for safely handling sleep apnea patients. Most of your obstructive sleep apnea patients don't even know they have it.

Nurse dies while protecting his orthopedic surgeon-wife during Mandalay Bay Massacre. Sonny Melton, RN, one of the 59 reported deaths during the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday night, protected his wife from deadly gunfire.

Dental assistant and former ASC co-worker shot each other up after stealing vial of morphine. An investigation into the woman's overdose has led to charges of burglary, larceny and now manslaughter against friend and former colleague Jessica Hill.

What would you do if bullets started to fly? Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS, surgeon and proponent of preparing for active shooter events.

Perfect your patient warming protocols. It takes a total team effort to maintain normothermia in patients from pre-op to the PACU.

Hospital: Cerner's software caused $16 million in losses. Agnesian Healthcare claims coding errors in billing software from Cerner forced it to send out bills by hand.

Lessons from 3 wrong-site surgeries. Focus on what really happened, not what's supposed to happen.

Are your patients at risk of DVT? The vascular surgeon who created the Caprini Score discusses how to protect your patients from life-threatening blood clots.

Make MH drills count. Realistic practice sessions could someday prove to be life-saving exercises.

Two gloves are better than one. Double-gloving can be a hard sell, but there are plenty of reasons to make it mandatory.

Sterile processing safety check. The unsung heroes of your facility deserve to work without worry.

Sell surgeons on safety scalpels. Emphasizing the personal and financial costs of sharps injuries will help get safer blades into your ORs.

Let's ban surgical smoke. It's time to protect all surgical professionals from the harmful effects of toxic plumes.

The horror and heartbreak of a retained object. Nurses with firsthand experience of retained surgical items carry deep emotional scars.

5 steps to improved c-arm safety. ???Protect your surgical team from intraoperative imaging's hidden harm.

Let's ban surgical smoke. It's time to protect all surgical professionals from the harmful effects of toxic plumes.

Prevent slips, trips & falls in the OR. Cords, clutter, puddles and other hazards can lead to workplace injuries.