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Let patients see nurses sanitizing their hands with this Idea That Works from Lafayette, LA.

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Digging deeper to reduce medical errors. If you don't reach the root cause, you're not likely to solve the problem.

Does size matter when it comes to surgical displays? A bigger screen size is nice, but that's not all surgeons care about.

As business boomed at compounding pharmacy, disinfection practices slid. At meningitis trial, pharmacy tech testifies that hoods in clean room where tainted steroids were made weren't disinfected for a month.

Pain management Doc takes stand in meningitis murder trial. Fungal meningitis victims "kept coming," says medical director of pain clinic where 13 patients died and 115 were sickened.

Neurosurgeon Driven by Greed Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence. Prosecutors allege Dr. Aria Sabit profited by performing unnecessary invasive spinal surgeries.

Million-dollar lawsuit claims surgical fire ruined 86-year-old woman's life. Suit: Prep wasn't allowed to fully dry before electrocautery, she says.

Prosecutor: New England Compounding Center president viewed company as his "personal ATM machine". NECC head pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 patients.

Behind closed doors: Are we conditioned like Pavlov's dogs? How surgical nurses reflexively respond to the sounds of surgery.

Surgical skin antisepsis done right. 10 tips for ensuring that patients begin their surgical procedure with an aseptic surgical site.

Editor's Page: Double standard on double-booked surgeries. If anesthesiologists can supervise multiple ORs, why can't surgeons?

Which is better: wrapped instrument trays or sealed containers? Two sterile processing managers debate the merits of fabric and metal sterilization packaging systems.

Are prefilled syringes worth it? Weighing the pros and cons of ready-to-administer compounded drugs.

Prevent potential exposure to staff while transporting soiled scopes with this Idea That Works from Mariette, Georgia.

Safety: Fine tune your time outs. 4 ways to encourage your staff to speak up to prevent an error.

UnitedHealth acquires Surgical Care Affiliates in $2.3 Billion deal. Insurance giant adds outpatient surgery chain of 205 surgical facilities to its growing roster of doctor groups and clinics.