Ideas That Work: Deaf Patients

Ideas That Work: Whip Out Your Sharpie; Anesthesia Bag Art Deflates Kids' Fears

Product News: Great ideas for your OR

7 Tips for a Successful 4K Conversion; Inside our $2 million upgrade to ultra-high definition imaging.

Ideas That Work: Location, Location, Location; Hang Your Hand Sanitizer Dispensers With Care

My Turn: Blessed to Let Go Together; My patient and I leave our grief over losing a loved one on PACU Bay 6

Ideas That Work: Monthly Assignments; Put Staff in Charge of Their Own Schedule

How to Answer Patients' Hernia Mesh Questions; Amongst fear and fabrication, be the voice of reason.

Yes, You Can Perform Opioid-Sparing Surgery; How to go easy on the prescription painkillers - yet still control your patients' pain.

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Staffing:Develop Your Own Homegrown OR Talent; Fewer temps and travel nurses give us greater staffing stability

Anesthesia Alert: In or Out of Love With Your Anesthesia Group? Before you switch providers, consider the true cost of divorce

New Ideas for Preventing Endophthalmitis; Intracameral antibiotics, proven to lower the rate of infection substantially, are catching on.

3 Sharp Ideas to Improve Sharps Safety; Here's how we responded to a worrisome uptick in needlesticks and cuts.

Comprehensive Pressure Injury Prevention;Use this risk assessment tool to protect patients' skin from pre-op to PACU.

5 Steps to Smoke-Free Surgery; Your staff will breathe a collective sigh of relief when you clear the OR air of harmful contaminants.

Advances in Medication Management; Technology can increase drug security and safety.

Keep Fluid Off the Floor; A look at automated collection and disposal options that will keep your staff safe.

Left-Behind Needle Proves Fatal; Lessons learned from the tragedy a final count might have prevented.

On Point: Have You Established a Culture of Safety? Talk is cheap when it comes to protecting patients and staff from harm.