Surgery's Dirty Little Secret; A closer look at why contaminated instruments continue to turn up in too many ORs.

How Should You Manage Fluid Waste? You have several options to choose from, but only a few ways to do it safely.

A Proactive Approach To Preventing Hypothermia;Pre-warming was the difference-maker in our quest to maintain normothermia in patients from pre-op to PACU.

Suspect Logged Into Electronic Prescription Program as Ophthalmologist to Fraudulently Issue Opioid Scripts; In a little more than a year, woman illegally wrote 73 prescriptions and obtained more than 5K pills.

Washington State Senator Creates Social Media Firestorm with Nurses 'Playing Cards' Comment; Lawmaker has received thousands of angry calls and comments - and 667 packages of playing cards in the mail.

Marijuana Users May Need Higher Doses of Sedatives Before Endoscopy; Study participants needed significantly more fentanyl, midazolam and more propofol than non-users.

Brainlab Recalls Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation 1.0 Software Due to Display Inaccuracies; The class 1 recall applies to 60 U.S. systems.

FDA Orders Withdrawal Of Transvaginal Surgical Mesh From Market; FDA orders Boston Scientific and Coloplast to stop selling and distributing surgical mesh.

As patients' out-of-pocket healthcare costs continue to rise, more and more are taking out loans or lines of credit through their surgical facilities to cover their...

Before nursing students can go into the OR with the surgeons they’ve been assigned to, we show them the basics of hand hygiene, personal protection equipment...

Halyard designed this one-size-fits-most cap with the latest surgical attire recommendations from AORN in mind: Headwear should completely confine hair...

When it comes to retained surgical items (RSI), you shouldn't assume anything, you should prove it. And if you don't see it, you should find it. Working in surgery,...

Cleaning dirty endoscopes is a high priority, but the equally critical process of getting dirty scopes safely to the cleaning area — and keeping them clean on the way back...

Your surgeons might have the greatest training, the most accurate technique and work with cutting-edge equipment, but they can’t fix what they can’t see. Lighted...

Another reason to always read and follow IFUs: Some enzymatic detergents require that you test the water temperature before you clean instruments and devices...

Scott Augustine, MD, begins an hourlong pitch about the dangers of the Bair Hugger forced-air patient warming system he invented — and is now campaigning against...

The next time you need a lesson in radiation safety, pop your head into a procedure room to watch an interventional pain doc at work....

Restaurant gift cards are nice, but if you’re looking for a way to honor your nurses for their extraordinary compassionate and skillful care in a way they’ll cherish long...

Patients often neglect to share important health information with their anesthesia providers before surgery. They might not realize that taking ginkgo biloba for memory,...

Can a urology waiting room designed to look more like a locker room prod men to get a prostate exam? The urology department at Mount Sinai Health System is...