Special Editions Archive

Ethical decision-making during a disaster. Do you agree with the life-and-death choice made by the medical staff of one New Orleans hospital in the desperate days after Hurricane Katrina?

Patient Safety: 54 years of progress ... or stasis? Leadership and culture change are needed to turn the tide.

Join the price transparency revolution. Are you ready to post your prices online? Your patients are watching and waiting.

Fear: The hidden killer. Being afraid to speak up cripples communication, prevents teamwork and leads to tragic results.

You're going to love OR Excellence. Fast facts about surgery's friendliest conference and the gorgeous resort.

Substance abuse in surgery. Providers with alcohol and drug problems put themselves, and their patients, at risk.

5 tips for better instrument decontamination. Removing variables and automating the process are the keys to better cleaning.

The link between warming and wound infections. The latest evidence shows that hypothermia during surgery is associated with greater infection risk.

Making sure it's sterile. Sterilization assurance confirms what you can't see.

Look beneath the surface. Take an in-depth look at how you disinfect your clinical environment.