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Safety: Fine Tune Your Time Outs
Safety: Fine tune your time outs. 4 ways to encourage your staff to speak up to prevent an error.
How You're Managing the Pain of Total Knees
How you're managing the pain of total knees. Our survey finds that blocks and NSAIDs are the most prominent of many tools.
Ideas That Work: An Inexpensive Way to Transport Dirty Endoscopes
Prevent potential exposure to staff while transporting soiled scopes with this Idea That Works from Mariette, Georgia.
Ideas That Work: Tuck the Draw Sheet to Safely Secure Arms
Prevent arms from falling off the mattress and potentially causing nerve damage with this Idea That Works from Georgia.
Let's Team Up to Prevent Patient Harm
Let's team up to prevent patient harm. Our exploration of surgical safety kicks off with a look at the persistent problem of medical care gone wrong.
What's New in Patient Communication Apps
What's new in patient cmmunication apps? Engage with patients in a more intimate way -- on their cherished mobile devices.
Are You Following the New Scope Reprocessing Guidelines?
Are you following the new scope reprocessing guidelines? Review these 7 takeaways from the most recent guidance to find out for sure.
Ideas That Work: A Cell Phone Policy for Patients and Escorts
Try this Idea That Works from Wisconsin, for helping with cell phone usage.
Ideas That Work: Cure a Patient's Pre-op Headache
Cure a patient's pre-op headache with thie Idea That Works from New Jersey.
Infection Prevention: The Quest for Competent Sterile Processors
Infection prevention: The quest for competent sterile processors. It's a dirty job, but it's got to be done right. Here's how you can help.
Work-Life Balance
Work-Life Balance: Forget money and stress. When it comes to job satisfaction, nothing matters more than being able to juggle the demands of a career and a personal life.
Is Medical Direction of CRNAs a Reimbursement Scheme or Safer for Patients?
Is medical direction of CRNAs a reimbursement scheme or safer for patients? A point-counterpoint between a nurse anesthetist and an anesthesiologist.
10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About EMRs
10 things I wish someone had told me about EMRs. Potholes to avoid as you head down the paperless path.
Ideas That Work: Organize Your Supply Room Like a Supermarket
Avoid wasting time walking back and for th across the supply room with this Idea That Works from Indiana.
Is Forced Air Warming Losing Steam?
Is forced air warming losing steam? Why some surgical facilities are seeking alternatives for maintaining normothermia.
Surgical Skin Antisepsis Done Right
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?
Behind closed doors: Are we conditioned like Pavlov's dogs? How surgical nurses reflexively respond to the sounds of surgery.
Are Prefilled Syringes Worth It?
Are prefilled syringes worth it? Weighing the pros and cons of ready-to-administer compounded drugs.
Editor's Page: Double Standard on Double-Booked Surgeries
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?
Which is better: wrapped instrument trays or sealed containers? Two sterile processing managers debate the merits of fabric and metal sterilization packaging systems.