Anesthesia alert: Key takeaways from the new OSA guidelines. What the latest obstructive sleep apnea recommendations mean to you.

Coming clean on instrument washers. Tips for buying the machine that's right for your facility.

Save time moving disinfecting robots around with this Idea That Works from Olean, NY.

For a cleaner capnography with more stability try this Idea That Works from Austin, Texas.

Behind Closed Doors: The not-so-golden olden days. A look back at a simpler — but not necessarily better — time in the OR.

Legal update: The legal burden of workplace bullying. Staff-on-staff hostility puts your facility at risk for litigation.

Does size matter when it comes to surgical displays? A bigger screen size is nice, but that's not all surgeons care about.

Are bundled payments good for surgery? How to capitalize on the popular payment model that sets a flat price for all the care you'll deliver before, during and after surgery.

7 Questions to ask your compounding lab. Does your lab take medication safety as seriously as you do?

Let patients see nurses sanitizing their hands with this Idea That Works from Lafayette, LA.

Secrets to safe same-day spinal fusion. Anterior cervical surgery is all about patient selection and pain management

Coding & Billing: How Much Are You Leaving on the Table? A busy surgical center shares 4 tips to collect all that's rightfully yours.

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Editor's page: Putting things into their proper perspective. A surgical fire, appropriate OR attire and UnitedHealth's empire.

Digging deeper to reduce medical errors. If you don't reach the root cause, you're not likely to solve the problem.

Did skin prep fuel this fire? Alcohol-based skin preps cause only 4% of OR fires, but you must still exercise care when applying these flammable agents.

Avoid medication errors with this Idea That Works.

Safety: Inside our sharps safety success. We slashed percutaneous injuries in our ORs by more than one-third.

Image-guided ENT: The new standard? How surgical navigation takes the guesswork out of delicate ENT procedures.

As business boomed at compounding pharmacy, disinfection practices slid. At meningitis trial, pharmacy tech testifies that hoods in clean room where tainted steroids were made weren't disinfected for a month.