Ideas That Work: Location, Location, Location; Hang Your Hand Sanitizer Dispensers With Care

7 Tips for a Successful 4K Conversion; Inside our $2 million upgrade to ultra-high definition imaging.

Wake Up to the Dangers of Sleep Apnea; 5 key takeaways from the new OSA guideline.

Ideas That Work: Off-Label Use; Botox for Hernias? Yup!

Why Go NPO After Midnight? It's time to get onboard with the not-so-new approach to pre-op fasting.

Ideas That Work: Whip Out Your Sharpie; Anesthesia Bag Art Deflates Kids' Fears

Ideas That Work: Deaf Patients

Ideas That Work: Scheduling Solutions; Staffing After-Hours Cases

Product News: Great ideas for your OR

Wound Irrigation in 4 Easy Steps; This 5-minute technique can help prevent a surgical site infection.

The Shift From Disinfection to Sterilization; We overhauled our GI scope reprocessing process in pursuit of our ultimate goal: to eliminate high-level disinfection.

Medical Malpractice: Charting Through the EHR MedMal Minefield; 5 legal danger zones unique to electronic documentation

Ideas That Work: No Seal, No Deal; Do Your Retention Plates Pass the 'Wiggle' Test?

Behind Closed Doors: Late Shift; Behind Closed Doors: Late Shift

Is it Time for a Checklist Double-Check? 3 tips to get the most out of surgery's essential safety tool.

How Much Do You Know About Patient Warming? A recent survey suggests some nurses are still stumped on the basics of preventing perioperative hypothermia.

Celebrating 10 Years Of the Surgical Safety Checklist; Q&A with Thomas Weiser, MD, checklist co-creator and champion of safer patient care.

What's in Your MH Cart? Answer these 10 questions to find out if you're ready to respond to a malignant hyperthermia crisis.

On Point: Have You Established a Culture of Safety? Talk is cheap when it comes to protecting patients and staff from harm.

3 Sharp Ideas to Improve Sharps Safety; Here's how we responded to a worrisome uptick in needlesticks and cuts.