ACS issues new guidelines on OR attire. The dress code addresses how to properly wear scrubs, masks, hats and gowns.

Do your anesthesia providers double-glove? Even if they do, it's not always enough to protect your patients. Find out why.

The guidelines that are changing surgical patients' care. Updated standards buck tradition in favor of early ambulation and doing away with NPO.

Behind Closed Doors: The best of Paula Watkins. Some seriously funny stuff goes on in the OR.

Prevent a cataract patient from moving his head during surgery with this Idea That Works from Florida.

Infection prevention: When everyone's a hand hygiene spy. Make surveillance everyone's job, and watch compliance rates soar.

A new way to think about retained items. Studies on the psychology of counting helped shape AORN's updated prevention guideline.

6 tips to boost your colonoscopy service line. Here's how high-volume GI centers improve their efficiency and patient satisfaction.

2016 cataract technology survey. Which innovations are cataract surgeons embracing?

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Rules of reprocessing: lumened instruments. Get back to the basics to properly sterilize these complex instruments.

The trouble with transvaginal mesh. Why did the FDA ever approve a product that has injured thousands of women? There's plenty of blame to go around.

Unobstructed view. Technology and techniques to help your laparoscopic surgeons see better.

Innovative Ideas: Discharge instructions done right.

No need to rewrite unchanged H&Ps with this Idea That Works from Las Vegas, Nevada.

Last one out cleans the OR. These 6 keys to terminal cleaning will leave your facility spotless after a hard day's work.

Editor's Page: when cost-cutting jeopardizes patient safety. Physician claims he was told to skimp on anesthesia to hasten discharge.

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