Digging deeper to reduce medical errors. If you don't reach the root cause, you're not likely to solve the problem.

As business boomed at compounding pharmacy, disinfection practices slid. At meningitis trial, pharmacy tech testifies that hoods in clean room where tainted steroids were made weren't disinfected for a month.

Pain management Doc takes stand in meningitis murder trial. Fungal meningitis victims "kept coming," says medical director of pain clinic where 13 patients died and 115 were sickened.

Neurosurgeon Driven by Greed Gets 20-Year Prison Sentence. Prosecutors allege Dr. Aria Sabit profited by performing unnecessary invasive spinal surgeries.

Million-dollar lawsuit claims surgical fire ruined 86-year-old woman's life. Suit: Prep wasn't allowed to fully dry before electrocautery, she says.

Prosecutor: New England Compounding Center president viewed company as his "personal ATM machine". NECC head pharmacist charged with second-degree murder in the deaths of 25 patients.

Should you go all in on laser cataracts? The true cost of adding laser-assisted cataract surgery.

Cutting remarks: The OHIO Rule in the OR. Imagine surgical flow with fewer instrument exchanges.

Legal update: Double dose of good regulatory news for ASCs. Medicare law promotes pricing transparency and removes EHR penalties.

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Business advisor: A master's degree in the business of surgery. Graduate school made me a better leader in the OR and the boardroom.

Staffing: The benefits of build-to-order instrument sets. Unlock hidden efficiencies when you lighten your instrument trays.

Behind closed doors: Are we conditioned like Pavlov's dogs? How surgical nurses reflexively respond to the sounds of surgery.

Surgical skin antisepsis done right. 10 tips for ensuring that patients begin their surgical procedure with an aseptic surgical site.

Editor's Page: Double standard on double-booked surgeries. If anesthesiologists can supervise multiple ORs, why can't surgeons?

Which is better: wrapped instrument trays or sealed containers? Two sterile processing managers debate the merits of fabric and metal sterilization packaging systems.

Are prefilled syringes worth it? Weighing the pros and cons of ready-to-administer compounded drugs.

To avoid staff irritation at late running cases try this Idea That Works from Ill.

Avoid eye abrasion with this Idea That Works from Huntsville Alabama.

Stop the Trendelenburg slide. Positioning tips to keep patients safe while they're in a steep head-down tilt.