Tips for greening the operating room. Sensible steps you can take today to shrink your carbon footprint.

Ideas That Work: Recognition and reward. Share compliments (and maybe cash). Share positive feedback and reward staff with this Idea That Works from Torrance, Callifornia.

Ideas That Work: 28-Day calendar. Know when multi-use vials expire at a glance. Save time on calculating expiration dates with this Idea That Works from Newport Beach, California.

Cutting Remarks: Recovery room blues. Things don't always go as planned in PACU.

Infection Prevention: A superbug meets its unlikely match. Well-designed mass e-mails helped curb Acinetobacter baumannii.

Safety: Managing patients on blood thinners. Limiting bleeding risks demands a personalized approach.

Ideas That Work: Color coding. Binder clips on curtains convey a lot. Color coded clips on curtains convey patient status with this Idea that Works from Baxter, Minnesota.

Are morcellators safe for hysterectomies? They speed the procedure, but do they spread cancer, too? See what this gynecologic surgeon has to say.

Can you pass this prepping quiz? Want to start a great debate? Ask your surgeons and nurses to defend their skin prepping preferences and beliefs.

How comfortable are your ORs? Take this hospital's lead and focus on features that ease the daily grind.

Behind Closed Doors: What's in Paula's pockets? Why hoarders make efficient nurses.

Protect patients from pressure injuries. 4 questions to improve surgical patients' skin care outcomes.

Anesthesia Alert: Keys to a safe and orderly anesthesia cart. 20 recommendations to help ensure safe medication management.

Staffing: Never stop looking for your next new job. 7 steps to advance your career, even if you're not ready for change.

Ideas That Work: Supply shortcuts. Program physician preferences into drug dispenser. Save time when requesting medication from the drug dispenser with this Idea That Works from Springfield, Illinois.

Tips for seamless video integration. Can your surgeons view and manipulate video and images during and after the case?

10 products you shouldn't be without. Here are some of this year's top innovations.

Editor's Page: Do you follow AORN recommended practices? They represent the optimal levels of practice, but the choice is yours.

3 cleaning tasks you should absolutely automate. Give your staff a break with these labor-saving technologies.

Medical Malpractice: Don't give in to the gadget. Distracted doctoring is the new legal minefield.