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Reduce medication errors with this Idea That Works from New York.

4 game-changing advances in surgical video. New technology is providing stunning clarity and a whole lot more.

Secrets to speedy OR turnover times. How to turn rooms over safely and efficiently.

This Idea That Works from Maryland, will help eliminate danger to staff and risk of infection when checking blood sugar.

Financial Management: This ENT center sees strength in numbers. The Surgery Center of Fort Wayne, Ind., takes a team approach to purging unnecessary costs.

Patient Safety: "Burning Bruce" drives home the reality of surgical fires. Frighteningly realistic drills are the norm for the Stony Point Surgery Center.

SSI Prevention: A bridge between infection prevention and the OR. A late career switch stamping out surgical site infections.

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Medical Malpractice: The limits of informed consent. Can patients claim damages if they were aware of the risks?

Are those stethoscopes clean? You may be ignoring this common source of pathogens.

Legal Update: Be smart about smartphone use. Mitigate the legal risks of cell phones in your facility.

Time to add bariatric surgery? Weight-loss surgery can be your gain.

Exciting advances in ophthalmic laser therapy. Taking a closer look at laser treatments for floaters, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and glaucoma.

2017 OR Excellence awards. For these 7 winners, a commitment to going beyond the "call of duty" is in their DNA.

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Environmental Stewardship: How to become a green machine. Environmentally conscious Deaconess Hospital finds value in a recycling program aimed at "doing what's right."

Staffing: 7 Simple staff appreciation ideas. Easy, low-cost ways to let your team know you value them.

Thinking of Buying ... Video laryngoscopes. For intubations, a new standard of care is within sight.

Feds: Sightpath lured eye surgeons with luxury trips for nearly a decade. Mobile cataract surgery outsourcing firm allegedly took ophthalmologists on luxury skiing vacations and high-end fishing, golfing and hunting trips to persuade them to use its servi