Tips for Safer Trendelenburg Positioning. Keep patients safe and secure during head-down tilting positions during surgery.

Surgery That Comes With a Warranty. Ensuring successful outcomes could be good for business.

Thinking of Buying... Rigid Sealed Containers. Here's why many facilities are moving away from blue wrap.

Ideas That Work: Pre-Op Check. Flag Patients Not Yet Ready for Surgery.

Select the Right Compounding Pharmacy. Be sure you're working with a pharmacy that shares your commitment to keeping patients safe.

Behind Closed Doors: Oh, the Places I've Gone. I've seen and heard a lot during my 38 years in the OR.

Ideas That Work: The Beauty of a Suggestion Box.

Catch DVT If You Can. Deep vein thrombosis is completely treatable if caught in time, but the symptoms aren't always easy to spot.

No More No-Shows. Tips to prevent cancelled cases and empty ORs.

Ideas That Work: Visual Aid. Wheeled Count Boards Reduce Risk of Retained Objects.

Can Your Instrument Program Pass This Test? You should be able to answer "yes" to these 5 questions.

What's New in Cataract Extraction Technology. New devices and tweaks to current ones aim to make cataract surgery so easy even a reporter can do it.

Ideas That Work: Stay Organized. Don't Lose Your Instruments - or Your Marbles.

Ideas That Work: Check Out This Detailed Handoff Form.

Joint Commission Has Zero Tolerance for Poor Hand Hygiene. Surveyors will cite facilities if they observe a single caregiver failing to wash her hands appropriately during direct patient contact.

Legal Update: Medicare Shifts Its Stance on Total Knees. CMS will cover TKA in hospital outpatient departments, but not in ASCs.

How Far Will Single-Use Instruments Go? On-demand, one-and-done disposable devices can relieve your instrument backlogs — and you don't have to reprocess them.

Clean Your Shoes Before You Enter the OR

Ideas That Work: The Cure for Cramped Quarters

Ideas That Work: Manual Communication. Sign Language Limits OR Traffic.