There's That Cataract Van Again; Does outsourcing cataracts make sense for your facility?

Business Advisor: Unlock Your Equipment's Hidden Expiration Date; Know years in advance when you'll need to replace big-ticket items.

Ideas That Work: Do You Count Your Propofol?

Financial Management: The Perioperative Olympics; In one quarter, 52 staff-generated, gold-medal, money-saving ideas have resulted in $121,000 in savings.

2018 OR Excellence Awards;There's a little piece of you in each of this year's winners.

Behind Closed Doors: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...Am I the only one who notices this stuff?

Expert Tips for Total Joint Efficiency;Build your program on these pillars of success.

Ideas That Work: Rx for Sheltering 200 People in Place

Infection Prevention: Zero Infections and Counting; Small improvements made a big difference in this hospital's quest to eliminate surgical site infections.

Ideas That Work: Where Do You Store Patient Belongings?

Product News; Great ideas for your OR

Anesthesia Alert: 8 Little-Known Facts About Ketamine; Anesthetic and analgesic properties that make Special K special.

Employee Safety: An Exhaustive 3-year Quest for 12 Smoke-Free ORs; Northwest Hospital is the first hospital in Maryland to be completely smoke-free.

Anesthesia Alert: Cancellations Aren't Always Anesthesia's Fault; When a case is postponed, there's often plenty of blame to go around.

Shopping for a Compounding Pharmacy: Ask these 5 key questions to find the right drug supplier.

Is That Scope Clean? Verify It; Now you can confirm that reprocessed scopes have no residual contamination or damage that could harbor future microbes.

Infection Prevention: Are You Opening the Door to SSIs? Simple steps to reduce OR foot traffic - a preventable infection risk.

2018 Cataract Survey: What's Hot and What's Not; Readers weigh in on new eye surgery technology, new drugs, new procedures and more.

Have You Tried EMRs Lately?; Going paperless isn't as painful as you might think. No, really.

Thinking of Buying... Whole-Room Disinfection Systems; Your options for attacking bacteria that survive manual cleaning.