8 common misconceptions about instrument decontamination. The right way to get items ready for sterilization.

Surgeons Lounge: App store. Text the Patient's Family Updates from the OR

Surgeons Lounge: Keyhole Injuries. A Safer Trocar.

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Simple steps for going greener. You don't have to go to the ends of the earth for your environmental efforts.

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Surgeons' Lounge: No IV, No NPO. How Do You Handle Straight Local Cases?

Expert Q&A: wrong-site surgery. Why years of time outs and surgical site marking haven't eradicated this never event.

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Can you afford a femto laser? Buy, lease or outsource? Here's a quick economics lesson.

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The benefits of reposable instruments. Reduce waste and control costs with these part-disposable, part-reusable instruments.

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Surgeons' Lounge: Calling a cab. Would You Let a Patient Take a Taxi Home Alone?

Thinking of Buying ... whole-room disinfection systems. Would your cleaning practices benefit from automated assistance?

Cutting Remarks: 'I can't pee.' A stream of good advice if you require patients to void before discharge.

Staffing: Shape up or ship out. Send problem employees home for a day to repent and to reflect.