Ideas that work: housekeeping. No locker left behind.

Medical malpractice. Talking your way out of a lawsuit.

Ideas that work: timeout X2. Pause after you reposition patients.

How would you handle these real-life emergencies? Preparing for the unthinkable in your facility.

Fair and equal pay? As your level of responsibility rises, your paycheck should keep pace.

Editor's page. What a ride it's been for Nurse Nancy Burden.

Ideas that work: waiting room. Our EMR keeps patients' escorts in the loop.

Cutting remarks: Why do patients blow off their surgeries? They don't have a ride home or maybe they're getting cold feet.

What eye docs want in a laser cataract system. If you're in the market for a laser cataract platform, here's what to look for.

Letters & E-mail. Talk back or sound off at [email protected]

Ideas that work: scrub sink bins. Remind staffers to don protective eyewear.

Product news.

Thinking of Buying Arthroscopy imaging consoles. They're the brains of the operation.

Keep your stethoscopes from wandering off with this Idea That Works from Washington.

New currents in electrosurgery. Recent innovations are improving safety and convenience.

Cutting Remarks: The joys of ICD-10 documentation. The new coding system requires equal parts precision and patience.

Help speed OR turnovers between cases with this Idea That Works from Chico, California.

4 burning questions about patient warming. A skirmish over the science of warming is heating up.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. Cleaning up the mess

Editor's Page: Up for debate. Ever feel like you're drowning in a sea of rules and regulations?