Architectural masterpieces offer stunning examples of how incredible your facility can look and how well it can function.

A Smarter Way to Sterilize Instruments - Sterile processing departments should be built to bridge the gap between reprocessing techs and OR teams.

Monitor Makeovers - Imaging system upgrades put the finishing touches on new-look ORs.

It's Time to Build a Better OR

Design Flaw Could Keep Bair Hugger Warming Blankets From Fully Inflating. 3M has voluntarily recalled more than 33,000 cases of underbody warming blankets.

New Positions on Positioning. What's new in AORN's 2018 patient positioning guidelines.

Ideas That Work: Medication Lockbox. Keep Drugs Under Lock and Key in the OR.

Product News. Great ideas for your OR.

Skin Prep Pop Quiz. Test your knowledge on best practices for preventing surgical site infections.

Behind Closed Doors: Laugh a Little. Life in the OR can be funny - even when it's not meant to be.

3 Tips for Total Hip Efficiency. Keys to success with same-day hip replacements.

Surgical Smoke Nearly Killed Me. An orthopedic surgeon who needed a double lung transplant is on a crusade to warn others about the dangers of plume.

Ideas That Work: Help New Staff Track Their Progress

Business Advisor: Add-On Cases: Friend or Foe? You should always make room for one more case.

What's New in Upper GI. The latest scope add-ons let gastroenterologists see and do more.

Pentax Voluntarily Recalls ED-3490TK Video Duodenoscopes for Design and Labeling Changes. Pentax will replace the forceps elevator mechanism, O-rings and the distal end covering.

You Can't Put a Price on Pupillary Dilation. Don't hesitate to invest in the drugs and devices that make cataract surgery safer and more efficient.

Ideas That Work: Trips and Falls. Fatigue Mats Make Great Cord Covers.

Ideas That Work: Patient Safety. It's Okay to 'CUS' in Our ORs.

How to Succeed With Outpatient Trauma. Position your facility as an urgent care center that can send the boy with the fractured arm home in a cast, not a sling.