Anesthesia Alert: Why starve and dehydrate your patients? You are if you're forcing them to fast from midnight.

Communicate with email in a professional manner with these Email Do's and Don'ts.

Can you pass our immediate-use steam sterilization quiz? Do's and don'ts for when you need that item right away.

Safety: Can you trust your compounding lab? How to evaluate the companies that compound sterile drugs.

Put DVT prevention into practice. Evidence-based strategies will help you circumvent the clot.

Thinking of Buying ... Fluid waste management systems? Which automated collection and disposal unit is right for you?

Anesthesiologist pleads guilty to defrauding the University of Rochester. Doron Feldman, MD, cashed in on fake invoices with help from the inside.

Same-day surgery's overnight expansion. A Maryland ASC sees advantages in extended recoveries for ambulatory patients.

Woman awakens during gall bladder surgery, dies from heart failure. Jury agrees she should have been intubated, awards $7.9 million.

Left behind for 4 years: sponge leads to misery, litigation. Patient says she was repeatedly misdiagnosed.

5 keys to managing MH. The potentially fatal disorder can strike at any time. Are you prepared to save a life?

PONV prevention. Do everything you can to have every patient feeling fine after surgery.

Why warming matters. Patient normothermia is a key concern for successful anesthesia outcomes.

Avoid intubation trouble. You shouldn't be surprised by a difficult airway.

How do you control post-op pain? No two anesthesia providers manage the 5th vital sign in the same way.

FDA says more decisions on morcellation coming. The agency will hold a public meeting in July.

Ortho doc volunteers services to veterans in need. Oregon ASC starts "Save Our Veterans" program.

Thinking of Buying ... Fluid warming systems? Maintain normothermia from the inside out.

Ideas That Work: Transfer tip. Keep patients' arms free from harm. Secure arms when transfering a patient from stretcher to the OR table with this Idea That Works from San Antonio, Texas.

Ideas That Work: Informed choices. Show them the costs. Keep costs per case down with this Idea that Works from Tampa, Florida.