It's Time to Build a Better OR

Monitor Makeovers - Imaging system upgrades put the finishing touches on new-look ORs.

Everything You Need for ENT - With the right image-guided platform and microscope, you can set your facility up for future success.

Architectural masterpieces offer stunning examples of how incredible your facility can look and how well it can function.

A Smarter Way to Sterilize Instruments - Sterile processing departments should be built to bridge the gap between reprocessing techs and OR teams.

Outfit Eye-Popping Eye ORs - Pay attention to the details when preparing versatile rooms for a full complement of cases.

Now's the Time to Add Same-Day Joints - Design your ORs to capitalize on the untapped potential of outpatient joint replacement.

Reimagining and Reinventing Surgical Workspaces

Set Up for Same-Day Spine - A new 50,000-square-foot surgery center will help our surgeons keep pace with an expected jump in case volume.

Design Flaw Could Keep Bair Hugger Warming Blankets From Fully Inflating. 3M has voluntarily recalled more than 33,000 cases of underbody warming blankets.

10 Tips for Effective Endoscope Reprocessing. Check out this expert advice to strengthen your flexible endoscope cleaning and disinfection practices.

Ideas That Work: Hello, My Name Is. Stick Name Tags on Scrub Caps.

Ideas That Work: Show Breast Cancer Patients You Care

Ideas That Work: Trips and Falls. Fatigue Mats Make Great Cord Covers.

Pentax Voluntarily Recalls ED-3490TK Video Duodenoscopes for Design and Labeling Changes. Pentax will replace the forceps elevator mechanism, O-rings and the distal end covering.

You Can't Put a Price on Pupillary Dilation. Don't hesitate to invest in the drugs and devices that make cataract surgery safer and more efficient.

How to Succeed With Outpatient Trauma. Position your facility as an urgent care center that can send the boy with the fractured arm home in a cast, not a sling.

Ideas That Work: Patient Safety. It's Okay to 'CUS' in Our ORs.

New Positions on Positioning. What's new in AORN's 2018 patient positioning guidelines.

Ideas That Work: Medication Lockbox. Keep Drugs Under Lock and Key in the OR.