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Ideas that work: waiting room. Our EMR keeps patients' escorts in the loop.

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Ideas that work: scrub sink bins. Remind staffers to don protective eyewear.

Ideas that work: timeout X2. Pause after you reposition patients.

How would you handle these real-life emergencies? Preparing for the unthinkable in your facility.

Ideas that work: housekeeping. No locker left behind.

Medical malpractice. Talking your way out of a lawsuit.

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Master of the difficult airway. New devices are making difficult cases safer — and opening the doors to more challenging patients.

Ideas that work: hand-eye coordination. Operation board game sharpens lap-assisting skills.

Ideas that work: innovative ideas. Get their attention for wrong-site prevention.

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