Ideas That Work: Sticky Solution; Gum Speeds Up Post-Op Digestive Function

Ideas That Work: Secret Room; Help Staff Spot Mistakes in Seconds

Ideas That Work: Visual Aid; Detailed Guidebook Prepares Patients for Surgery

Ideas That Work: Make It Mandatory; Double (Glove) Or Nothing

Ideas That Work: 12-Step Process; Countdown to Room Setup

Ideas That Work: Staff-Made Reference Videos; An In-house Library Of How-to Instruction

Ideas That Work: Facility Feud; Game-show Themed Events Help Safety Training Stick

Ideas That Work: Cap and Gown; Caps Put Smiles on Kids' Faces

Ideas That Work: Seeing Is Believing; Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Warnings

Looking for a more efficient way to put your OR team’s suggestions into day-to-day practice? First, make it easy for staff to share their process improvement ideas....

Taping a blue line on the floor in the sterile processing department where case carts full of dirty instruments should be lined up keeps them organized and eliminates...

Here’s a neat way to boost team morale: Ask each employee to submit a fun fact about her life away from work, then list the interesting tidbits down one side of a sheet...

When it comes to keeping patients happy when their case start times are delayed, clear and consistent communication is key. That’s easier said than done. Nurses are always...

It’s not uncommon for staff members in one department to believe they do more or matter more than their colleagues who work in other areas of the facility....

Patients’ friends or family members are often invited to bedsides in pre-op and the PACU, but don’t always have a place to sit as they offer support to their loved ones....

Sometimes you need to go old-school to get a key point across to your staff. We recently updated our periarticular injection cocktail as part of a multimodal pain...

Surgery can be scary for anyone, but especially so for the littlest of patients. That’s why we provide kids with crayons and surgery-specific coloring books....

Our facility’s satisfaction surveys revealed low scores and negative comments in reference to the quality of our communication with patients and their family...

Kids driving themselves to the OR in motorized cars isn’t new, but creating a road for them to follow and letting them dress up as superheroes on the way...

One of our staff members noticed that we're always touching our ID badges, and that pre- and post-op staff touch their stethoscopes, and even the time clock to punch...