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Staffing: Avoid career burnout. 3 steps to improve your physical and mental wellbeing.

Keep cords organized with this Idea That Works from Waltham, Mass.

Double-gloving a hole in one? How we convinced our surgeons and staff to double-glove.

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Your options for managing small pupils. The list of devices and drugs for pupillary dilation and maintenance is growing.

What's new in surgical lights? Shining a light on the innovations for illuminating the surgical field.

Are surgeons fueling the opioid epidemic? If surgeons are "unwittingly enablers of addiction, abuse and overdosage," how should they manage post-op pain?

Endoscope reprocessing gone wrong. Recent outbreaks shine light on the dirty truth about the scope cleaning practices at facilities across the country.

Business advisor: The art of the flip. Ground rules govern when we let surgeons run 2 rooms.

Getting certified for total joint surgery. Hear from the very first facilities to achieve advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement.

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