The Case for a Block Nurse Coordinator; Our regional anesthesia program ran like a well-oiled machine when we put a point person in charge.

It’s a letter you never want to receive, but it’s increasingly likely these days that your facility might get one. It first appears rather innocuous: A federal or private payer asks you for a sample...

Protect your central sterile reprocessing techs from soil and bioburden with this Decontamination Gown from Healthmark. No need for your techs to wear a plastic...

When you turn the page, you'll see a crease across my forehead and a smile across my face. That's how you can tell I just did a robotic-assisted hernia case. The crease is from...

It's no great secret that injecting a small amount of 1% lidocaine under the skin just before the venipuncture will make IV starts a painless breeze for both patients and nurses,...

Of the many ways to reuse blue sterilization wrap, here's one you might not have considered: sew a couple sheets together to make a sleeping mat for homeless people...

Prescription filled? Text. Package delivered? Text. School closing early? Text. Hair appointment reminder? Text. Yes, nowadays we receive a text instead of a phone call...

Who earned more in 2018, our hospital readers or our surgery center readers? Depends. If you’re going straight salary, slightly better to be in a hospital. But if you’re going salary...

The No. 1 benefit of rigid containers? That’s easy. They eliminate the punctures and tears of “torn-wrapper” syndrome, which gives you added assurance that your instruments...

Rather than handing patients a single-use plastic bag to store their belongings, we now give them a reusable blue plastic storage bucket. We have plenty of the 2-feet wide by 4-inches high buckets,...

There's no doubt a surgeon's skill and technique play a crucial role in the performance of arthroscopic surgery. But what's also undeniable is the role technology plays...

Julie Greenhalgh, RN, BSN, CNOR, began her career in the OR in 1975. After 42 years of inhaling surgical smoke, her lungs couldn’t take it anymore. She left the OR a couple years ago for the smoke-free sanctuary of office-based surgery...

Ideas That Work: Pull, Aim, Squeeze and Sweep; Can Your Staff Use A Fire Extinguisher?

Infection Prevention: Borescopes: Your Eyes on the Inside; Shed some light on the dark side of your devices.

Cool Cataract Surgery Advances; These innovations promise to take ophthalmology's tried-and-true procedure to the next level.

Product News; Great ideas for your OR

Breaking the 3-Minute Turnover; Secrets to cleaning rooms in record time - and not missing a spot.

Keys to Safe Spine Surgery Positioning; The keys to injury prevention - neutral positioning and proactive padding.

6 Ways to Stamp Out Superbugs; Healthcare-associated infections are on the decline, but antibiotic-resistant bacteria remain a constant threat.

Ideas That Work: Puppet Show; Toby the Puppy Greets Pediatric Patients