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Get Reprocessing Right With Every Tool, Every Time; Q&A with Weston "Hank" Balch, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL, instrument care expert and sterile processing podcaster.

6 Steps to Successful Continuous Nerve Blocks; Simple pointers to increase patient — and surgeon — satisfaction.

Ideas That Work: Drawer-to-Arm Phenomenon; Does That Injection Come With an Infection?

Ideas That Work: Try This Tip on Your Tough IV Starts

Rev Up Your Reprocessing Room; 8 exciting high-tech advances on the horizon for your facility's instrument hub.

On Point: Give New Technologies a Chance

Get Up to Speed On GERD; An update on minimally invasive treatments designed to turn down the burn of acid reflux.

Almost Left Behind; Lessons learned from a final count that came up 2 sponges short.

What's New in Anesthesia and Pain Control; The quest for speedier and safer fast-on, fast-off.

The Ink Must Go Where the Knife Will Cut; There'll be less wrong-site surgery if your surgeons cut through their initials.

Staffing: Help Tomorrow's OR Leaders With Their Capes; Take the next generation of surgical superheroes under your wing

A Credit Card Without Interest for Medical Expenses; Your patients benefit when you help them finance their rising out-of-pocket healthcare costs. Your facility does, too.

When Is BMI Too High? Using body mass index to predict operative risk.

Ideas That Work: Hooping It Up; March Madness Brought Our Team Together.

Product News; Great ideas for your OR

Ideas That Work: Alternate Your Defibrillator Batteries

7 Accreditation Standards You Might Now Know Exist; You might be unaware of some of these common deficiencies I cite as a surveyor.

Ideas That Work: Stay on Schedule; Give Us This Day Our Daily Huddle

Colon Cancer Doesn't Stand a Chance; Endoscope advances and new diagnostic tools are helping physicians find difficult-to-spot polyps.