Rhode Island's surgical nurses will soon be smoke-free in their ORs.

Combat Biofilm; Tips to prevent bacteria's slimy fortress from forming on your instruments.

Badge of Honor; Wear Your Mission Statement.

Wrap Less with 3-ply

Get Reprocessing Right With Every Tool, Every Time; Q&A with Weston "Hank" Balch, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL, instrument care expert and sterile processing podcaster.

6 Steps to Successful Continuous Nerve Blocks; Simple pointers to increase patient — and surgeon — satisfaction.

Is There Anything a Surgical Display Can't Display? You can project cartoons and consents onto today's OR screens.

On Point; No More Excuses

Lose the Lanyard; The Attraction to Magnetic Name Tags.

Behind Closed Doors; Can You Spot the Site Marking?

Local Anesthetic Toxicity; Keep Your Lipid Emulsions Close.

Make the Switch to Rigid Sterilization Containers; Do away with blue wrap for reprocessing high-volume instrument sets.

Safety; 5 Ways You Can Prevent Drug Diversion

Give Your Patients the VIP Treatment; Treat patients like they're the only case of the day and watch your satisfaction scores soar.

Are Your Endoscopes Really Clean? Are Your Endoscopes Really Clean?

Twice the Protection; Double gloving prevents injury and infection, so why aren't more surgical teams doing it?

The Case for Adding Ophthalmic Lasers; These low-cost procedures provide plenty of bang for the buck.

Anesthesia Alert; Prevent Post-op Brain Fog in Older Patients

Pediatric Pain Management; Reminder: Codeine Could Be Fatal to Children;

Calculating the Cost of Prefilled Syringes; Go drug by drug to see if it's time to make the switch.