Remind yourself of why you chose a career in health care with this Idea That Works from Philadelphia, Pa.

Make no mistake: Prepping the skin takes time. How to convince your surgeons and staff that a proper skin prep can't be rushed.

6 rules for rigid sterilization container use. Practical steps to ensure the barrier between impurities and your instruments remains strong.

The lowdown on low-temp sterilization. Maximize your use of alternatives to the autoclave to reprocess heat-sensitive devices and flexible endoscopes.

Souped-up surface cleaning. Whole-room disinfection solutions and fine-tuned manual scrubbing will eradicate infection-causing microorganisms.

5 burning questions about patient warming. Separating fact from fiction on ways to prevent hypothermia and lower infection risks.

Lessons in Lumened instrument cleaning. Follow these tips to ensure reprocessing's critical first step is performed correctly each and every time.

Kryptonite for superbugs. 3 surefire ways to strengthen your infection prevention protocols to neutralize antimicrobial-resistant bacteria.

Get buy-in for bundles to reduce infection risks. Q&A with Chad Buhs, MD, surgeon champion of SSI prevention.

Inside our journey to zero SSIs. It took evidence-based practices and hard work to eliminate infections.

Simplify and streamline your pre-admissions process and get staff involved with this Idea That Works from Dublin, Ohio.

Your options for managing small pupils. The list of devices and drugs for pupillary dilation and maintenance is growing.

Endoscope reprocessing gone wrong. Recent outbreaks shine light on the dirty truth about the scope cleaning practices at facilities across the country.

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Are surgeons fueling the opioid epidemic? If surgeons are "unwittingly enablers of addiction, abuse and overdosage," how should they manage post-op pain?

What's new in surgical lights? Shining a light on the innovations for illuminating the surgical field.

Getting certified for total joint surgery. Hear from the very first facilities to achieve advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement.

Monitor core temperatures to avoid malignant hyperthermia with this Idea That Works from Bridgeport, Conn.

5 steps to PONV prevention. Post-operative nausea and vomiting is one of surgery's most unwanted side effects. Here's how to keep patients' stomachs settled.

Behind closed doors: Does this stuff ever happen to you? Or am I the only lucky one to experience these OR oddities?