Staffing: The benefits of build-to-order instrument sets. Unlock hidden efficiencies when you lighten your instrument trays.

Trial to begin for pharmacist linked to deadly fungal meningitis outbreak. Opening arguments set for Monday in trial of Barry Cadden, the owner of the New England Compounding Center.

FDA: Battery-powered mobile medical carts could be a fire hazard. The agency has received reports of explosions, fires, smoking and overheating related to lithium batteries.

Trendelenburg patient's fall leads to long legal battle. Surveillance video contradicts patient's claims, limits damage.

Make room in your budget for whole-room disinfection. Mobile robots hunt down and destroy even the hardiest of multidrug-resistant organisms.

Think outside the box to pump up your purchasing power. Q&A with Thomas Lubotsky, BBA, MHA, FACHE, value-based expert and supply management mastermind.

Can you put a price on the best views in surgery? 4K video is the clear choice for forward-thinking facilities.

Find value in value analysis. Cost-justifying new purchases is essential in today's surgical economy.

Orthopedic robots pay for themselves. Outpatient joint replacement business is booming thanks to new opportunities and better outcomes.

Bring c-arm's imaging power to the bedside. Improved intraoperative imaging is well worth the investment.

The nose knows: Stop staph where it lurks. For a small cost, nasal decolonization can pack a big punch in the fight against SSIs.

$1.2 Million awarded in anesthesia death. Anesthesiologist says it was a pre-existing blood clot -- not his off-target nerve block -- that caused patient's death.

In rare move, FDA bans powdered gloves. Agency says powdered gloves present an unreasonable health risk to medical professionals and their patients.

CRNAs left out of new VA policy. Department of Veterans Affairs to withhold full authority from nurse anesthetists and maintain the physician-led model.

Cellphone-assisted surgery? After power outage, Ohio surgeon completes surgery aided by light from her staff's cellphones.

Senate finance committee takes aim at concurrent and overlapping surgeries. The first would be prohibited, the second more tightly regulated.

Negligence complaint ties lung paralysis to improper placement of regional block. Man alleges his permanent lung injury occurred during placement of interscalene brachial plexus nerve block.

Surgeons remove thyroid gland by making 3 small incisions inside the mouth underneath lower lip. Endoscopic transnoral thyroidectomy is part of a near-scarless endoscopy evolution.

Anesthesiologist dealing with fallout following racially insensitive Facebook post about First Lady.

Bill promotes pricing transparency and protects physicians from EHR penalties. The Senate is expected to vote on the 21st Century Cures Act early next week.