Can you pass this surface disinfection quiz? Test your knowledge on the best way to keep your ORs clean and free from infection.

Inside the deadly duodenosocope outbreaks. Is enough being done to protect patients from dangerous infections?

Infections on the decline, but risks persist. Q&A with Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, a national healthcare quality leader and SSI prevention expert.

Decontamination begins in the OR. How you care for and clean instruments in the OR plays a big role in their safe and speedy return.

What's your double-gloving policy? Our survey shows that while double-gloving is catching on, there's still work to be done.

Can you spell SSI with IUSS? Yes, but only if you do it backwards. Here's how to get immediate-use steam sterilization right.

Putting patient warming into practice. Are your efforts to prevent hypothermia effective or just compliant?

Get straight on skin prepping. Pre-op antisepsis is hardly complex, but questions remain.

Do you wear your scrubs home? Cleaning surgical attire in your washing machine puts patients and family members at risk.

New service ranks surgeons and surgery centers. Exclusive Surgeries Network offers a way for surgeons and centers to connect with patients.

The lowdown on low-temp sterilization. Take the time to ensure your delicate items are reprocessed correctly.

Bill could force facilities to video surgeries. Patients given anesthesia would have the choice.

Hospital to pay $4.25 million after botched and unnecessary bariatric surgery. Judge rules that the woman didn't meet medical standards to undergo the procedure.

Could coaching improve surgical technique? Laparoscopist's study examines the value of video replay, individual feedback.

Report: Olympus may have known about duodenoscope problem, failed to yell U.S. providers. Scope maker warned European hospitals about potential risks 2 years ago.

Drug mixup leads to tragic consequences. Anesthesiologist mistakenly administered lidocaine instead of Hespan during spine surgery.

N.C. anesthesiologist's behavior wasn't harassment. But federal court lets CRNA's retaliation allegations stand.

Hep C outbreak doc faces additional jail time.

Hospital workers cleared of alleged hate crime. Native American claims the letters were carved into his abdomen during hospitalization for open heart procedure.

Michael Jackson's Thriller by the surgical team at Lafayette (La.) General Health.