Special Editions Archive

Making sure it's sterile. Sterilization assurance confirms what you can't see.

5 tips for better instrument decontamination. Removing variables and automating the process are the keys to better cleaning.

Burning platforms, coordinated care and SSI prevention. Q&A with Zeev Kain, MD, PhD, anesthesiologist and perioperative surgical home proponent.

Look beneath the surface. Take an in-depth look at how you disinfect your clinical environment.

The link between warming and wound infections. The latest evidence shows that hypothermia during surgery is associated with greater infection risk.

Standardize your skin prep practices. Get patients, surgeons and staff on board with your pre-op bathing, hair-clipping and skin-antisepsis protocols.

Take the bundled approach to infection control. Standardized protocols optimize efforts to prevent SSIs.

Is FDA's push to ban powdered gloves long overdue? Experts say severe health hazards have been well known for years.

The new standard in endoscope reprocessing. A new national guideline offers clear advice for proper high-level disinfection.

Customize your knee replacements. Implants that match a patient's joint alignment and orientation are better than off-the-shelf hardware.