Cutting Remarks: Cut costs, not corners. Shaving expenses in the OR can be a hard pill to swallow.

Thinking of Buying ... Fluid waste management systems? Which automated collection and disposal unit is right for you?

Handling heavier patients. 7 products you need to care for today's larger patients.

Pre-positioning cataract surgery patients saves time. An Idea that Works from Hazleton, Pennsylvania.

Put DVT prevention into practice. Evidence-based strategies will help you circumvent the clot.

Safety: Can you trust your compounding lab? How to evaluate the companies that compound sterile drugs.

Communicate with email in a professional manner with these Email Do's and Don'ts.

Can you pass our immediate-use steam sterilization quiz? Do's and don'ts for when you need that item right away.

Letters & E-mails: Don't text and operate. Pain-free surgery. Evidence-based practice. The "Karwoski Calculator."

How we added emergency ortho care. Putting the pieces together to provide fracture care at our ASC.

Motivate your doctors with a chance to win a gift card. An Idea that Works from Ukiah, California.

Anesthesia Alert: Why starve and dehydrate your patients? You are if you're forcing them to fast from midnight.

Stay up to date with Outpatient Surgery Magazine with these simple steps from our Suregons' Lounge.

Ensure all critical SCIP data is entered the day of surgery with this Idea that Works from Houston, Texas.

Behind Closed Doors: Sis boom bah. Every surgical team needs cheerleaders.

Try this simple, fun contest to get staff thinking about the cost of surgical supplies with this Idea that Works from Delray Beach, Florida.

Attack the distracted doctoring problem head on with distraction free tablets.

New options for ophthalmic surgery. Keeping an eye out for innovation at the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery conference.

Use sticker dots to track costly supplies with this Idea that Works from Sunset Hills, Missouri.

ditor's Page: The dangers of competing on cost. ASCs should be happy to remain the low-cost alternative to hospitals.