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Your best treatment options for GERD. Several possible interventions are available. Here are some factors to consider.

7 tips to prevent medication errors. Ensure the right dose of the right medication reaches the right patient.

Behind closed doors: 4 Signs it's going to be a great day. Sometimes you just know that the road will rise to meet you.

5 tips for safely handling sleep apnea patients. Most of your obstructive sleep apnea patients don't even know they have it.

Infection prevention: Help your reprocessors do the right thing. Give your techs the training and the tools they need to bust those bugs.

Nurse dies while protecting his orthopedic surgeon-wife during Mandalay Bay Massacre. Sonny Melton, RN, one of the 59 reported deaths during the Las Vegas shooting on Sunday night, protected his wife from deadly gunfire.

Dental assistant and former ASC co-worker shot each other up after stealing vial of morphine. An investigation into the woman's overdose has led to charges of burglary, larceny and now manslaughter against friend and former colleague Jessica Hill.

Perfect your patient warming protocols. It takes a total team effort to maintain normothermia in patients from pre-op to the PACU.

What would you do if bullets started to fly? Lenworth M. Jacobs, MD, MPH, FACS, surgeon and proponent of preparing for active shooter events.

Lessons from 3 wrong-site surgeries. Focus on what really happened, not what's supposed to happen.