Do you have a culture of safety? Experts weigh in on why changing the environment of your OR is difficult, but essential.

How to conduct a safety sharps trial. Yes, you can get your docs to (at least) trial and (possibly) use safety sharps.

Are your ORs obstacle courses? Take the necessary steps to reduce risks of slips, trips and falls.

The Constant Quest for Zero - Staff & Patient Safety - October, 2015

A better way to eliminate retained surgical items. Accounting, not counting, will ensure no sponges are left behind.

Are You Warming Patients Safely? Here's what you might be doing wrong -- and how to fix it.

Best practices in drug safety. Expert advice on proper medication storage, security and labeling.

MH drills can be a real life saver. My son is alive today because the surgical team did everything right.

New thoughts on radiation safety. A review of the literature adds clarity to the big picture.

Image-guided sinus surgery: The new standard of care? A growing number of surgeons and patients are demanding the game-changing technology.

Cutting Remarks: Block time blues. Dedicated OR time is hard to get and harder to hold.

Editor's Page: pardon the disruption. Embrace the disruptive technologies that are changing surgery.

Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.

Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.

Infection Control: A back-to-basics approach curbs the infection rate at Mercy Tiffin (Ohio) Hospital.

In Case You Missed It - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - September, 2015

Behind Closed Doors: Can't we all just get along? Is on-the-job behavior bogging us down?

Your primer on plasma cutting and coagulation devices. These little 'lightsabers' let your surgeons gently slice and seal tissue.

Make EHR implementation run smoothly with this Idea That Works from Allenwood, Pennsylvania.

Save patients a trip to the pharmacy with this Idea That Works from Portsmouth, Ohio.