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

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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.

5 Steps to Smoke-Free Surgery; Your staff will breathe a collective sigh of relief when you clear the OR air of harmful contaminants.

Comprehensive Pressure Injury Prevention;Use this risk assessment tool to protect patients' skin from pre-op to PACU.

Advances in Medication Management; Technology can increase drug security and safety.

Keep Fluid Off the Floor; A look at automated collection and disposal options that will keep your staff safe.

Left-Behind Needle Proves Fatal; Lessons learned from the tragedy a final count might have prevented.