Study: Patients can shower 48 hours post-operatively without increasing SSI risk. Those who wash 2 days after surgery are also happier with their care, a new study finds.

Doc, patient perform impromptu concert before surgery. Check out the urologist and his patient performing the "Tennessee Waltz" in pre-op.

Court: Hospital right to fire nurse after allegedly endangering patients. The nurse sued the hospital for wrongful termination, claiming she was let go not for unsafe OR practices, but for taking sick time.

32 hospitals billed outpatient kyphoplasty as inpatient procedure. Facilities that overcharged Medicare for kyphoplasty procedures to settle federal fraud case for $28 million.

Johnson & Johnson hit with $12.5 million judgment in mesh case. Engineer says company never considered how to remove the mesh if it failed.

Woman accuses hospital, physicians of covering up husband's death. Wife claims hospital and doctors lied about what really killed her husband.

Nursing ranks as most honest, ethical profession for 14th straight year. About 85% of Americans feel nurses are highly trustworthy (doctors came in 3rd with 67%).

Surgery's Spygate a dustup over product names. Novadaq sued Karl Storz over what it named its endoscopic imaging systems.

Do enzymatic detergents endanger ophthalmic patients? Three major ophthalmic groups point to links with TASS and other issues.

Bacterial outbreak mars free cataract surgery program for seniors. Seniors who received free cataract surgery also received vision-threatening infections.

Jury awards patient nearly $80 million in defective hemorrhoid stapler case. Jury: Ethicon ignored defective stapler design that left patient severely injured.

Anesthesiologist found dead along Minneapolis highway. Mystery surrounds Dr. Christopher Robert's death hours after a workplace holiday party.

A safety culture impacts patients outcomes. The organizational culture matters as much as surgical skill and technology.

Are forced-air infection claims a bunch of hot air?

OR tech teams with the surgeon who saved his life. Javaris Singleton always wanted the chance to help pediatric patients.

What's the Harm? Our readers challenge home-laundering scrubs and other sacred practices of surgery.

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Nationwide outpatient satisfaction survey to begin next month. It's voluntary now, but may be mandatory later.

Courts: Dental practice's negligence resulted in patient's sexual assault. CRNA gets life in prison, but dental practice is responsible for 100% of $3.7 million verdict.

Surgeon operated on wrong part of brain. Officials: Surgeon and his team skipped the time out and hid the error afterwards.