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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Burning question: Are you committed to keeping your ORs free of surgical smoke?

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Safety: Fine tune your time outs. 4 ways to encourage your staff to speak up to prevent an error.

UnitedHealth acquires Surgical Care Affiliates in $2.3 Billion deal. Insurance giant adds outpatient surgery chain of 205 surgical facilities to its growing roster of doctor groups and clinics.

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Cure a patient's pre-op headache with thie Idea That Works from New Jersey.

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