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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.
Comprehensive Pressure Injury Prevention;Use this risk assessment tool to protect patients' skin from pre-op to PACU.
5 Steps to Smoke-Free Surgery; Your staff will breathe a collective sigh of relief when you clear the OR air of harmful contaminants.
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.
Expert Tips for Total Joint Efficiency;Build your program on these pillars of success.
Behind Closed Doors: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...Am I the only one who notices this stuff?
Ideas That Work: Rx for Sheltering 200 People in Place
Anesthesia Alert: 8 Little-Known Facts About Ketamine; Anesthetic and analgesic properties that make Special K special.
Infection Prevention: Zero Infections and Counting; Small improvements made a big difference in this hospital's quest to eliminate surgical site infections.
2018 OR Excellence Awards;There's a little piece of you in each of this year's winners.
Financial Management: The Perioperative Olympics; In one quarter, 52 staff-generated, gold-medal, money-saving ideas have resulted in $121,000 in savings.
Business Advisor: Unlock Your Equipment's Hidden Expiration Date; Know years in advance when you'll need to replace big-ticket items.
Ideas That Work: Do You Count Your Propofol?