Strategies to prevent retained objects. What you can do to ensure that nothing's left behind.

The new world of drug compounding. New regulations have improved safety, but some key distinctions are both subtle and important.

Ideas that work: collections. Ensure patient payments every time.

Reduce the risk of pressure ulcers. Skin injuries can occur without preventative measures in place.

Ideas that work: innovative ideas. Get their attention for wrong-site prevention.

Ideas that work: hand-eye coordination. Operation board game sharpens lap-assisting skills.

Staffing: A spreadsheet that spits out a staffing budget. It gives you an hours-per-case analysis and sets realistic staffing levels.

Thinking of buying ... smoke evacuators. Today's innovative devices evacuate surgical smoke right at the source.

Ideas that work: secure endotracheal tubes with dental floss. Tie dental floss around a tooth.

Innovations in surgical imaging. National experts discuss the eye-popping images on display in today's ORs and what surgery might look like in the near future.

Ideas that work: ergonomics. Elevate your kick bucket.

Coding & billing: Cuts to 2016 colonoscopy rates run deep. The physician work values for the colonoscopy family are cut up to 17%.

Letters & E-mail. Talk back or sound off at [email protected]

What eye docs want in a laser cataract system. If you're in the market for a laser cataract platform, here's what to look for.

Product news.

Ideas that work: scrub sink bins. Remind staffers to don protective eyewear.

Ideas that work: timeout X2. Pause after you reposition patients.

How would you handle these real-life emergencies? Preparing for the unthinkable in your facility.

Editor's page. What a ride it's been for Nurse Nancy Burden.

Fair and equal pay? As your level of responsibility rises, your paycheck should keep pace.