Taxing Question: Is it an ASC or part of a hospital? A bundle of cash is riding on the designation.

Court: Surgical hospital could Be liable for nurse sexually assaulting patient. The hospital is accused of failing to provide background checks and adequately training staff of sexual misconduct prevention.

Has double-booking surgery gone too far? U.S. Senate scrutinizing doctors who do 2 operations at once.

Behind Closed Doors: I'm Not "Just a Nurse". We're more than most people realize. Marginalize us at your own risk.

Anesthesia Alert: The great LMA debate. Should you remove it before or after the patient wakes up?

Ethicon pulling Sedasys Anesthesia System. The computerized propofol delivery device was touted as the future of anesthesiology, but failed to take off in the U.S.

12 tips for safe Trendelenburg positioning. Read this surgeon's advice before you lower the head and raise the feet of another patient.

Anatomy of a glove trial. Find the best fit with these 7 factors.

Cutting Remarks: Are we really discharging that patient? The little white lies we tell our patients to send them home sooner.

Staffing: Deal with difficult employees head on. Deal With Difficult Employees Head On If you can't curb their bad behavior, get rid of the offenders.

Product News

Spend a little time to avoid possible patient infection with this Idea That Works from Nebraska.

Tools for better blocks. Kick your continuous nerve blocks up a notch with these new products.

Is prolonged fasting hurting your patients? Our survey found that most surgical facilities routinely instruct patients to fast for excessively long pre-op periods

Legal Update: Tapping into the self-insured employer market. Direct contracts with employers cut out insurance's middleman.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. 4 Ways to Boost Your Hand Hygiene Efforts

How do you manage fluid waste? Readers reveal what it takes to keep OR floors dry during the messiest procedures.

Make assembling instruments sets easy and efficient with this Idea That Works from Minnesota.

Get the most out of your Malignant Hyperthermia drills. 11 tips to help make sure you're prepared for the worst.

Thinking of Buying ... A C-arm. Streamlined design and digital data have improved imaging.