Keep straws secure from floating up and falling out of the spout using the pop top. An Idea that Works from North Memorial Ambulatory Surgery Center at Maple Grove.

Encourage your staff's best behavior with a prime parking spot to show your appreciation. An Idea that Works from Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital.

Have you automated these 5 areas yet? These folks only wish they'd done it sooner.

Most readers we surveyed tout accreditation benefits, with a few caveats. How do you really feel about accreditation?

Recycle blue wrap to line storage shelves. An Idea that Works from Sarasota Memorial Health Care System.

8 questions on the rules that protect your staff. Get the point of sharps safety.

Quickly notify your turnover team that a room is ready for them by using a beeper. An Idea that Works from Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center.

Avoid the Ambu bag with this quick fix for dropped Oxygen saturation. An Idea that Works from Atlanta, Ga.

Keep electrodes from drying out by keeping opened packages of electrodes in one of those plastic containers with snap-on lids. An Idea that Works from Temple University School of Podiatric Medicine.

Many of today's hernia meshes have a lower risk of adhesion and infection than their heavyweight, unwieldy predecessors. Prevent infection after hernia surgery.

Freedom of choice not always a good thing. Can we have reliability with so much variability?

The OIG rejects another attempt to extort anesthesia fees. Anesthesia's profits are off-limits.

Here are 5 operating room regulations that just don't make sense. Take those rules and shove them.

The quest for products that protect your skin as well as they prevent infection.

Hand-held sculpting tool lets surgeons precisely resurface bone. Robotic-Assisted partial knee replacement tools.

Use photos to remind staff how to set the table. An Idea that Works from Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center.

These ideas and innovations are improving the efficiency and safety of the most minimally invasive laparoscopy.

Shortcuts and slip-ups are more common than you might think. Endoscope reprocessing's dirty little secrets revealed.

Reduce heat and energy expenses by insulating your boiler room. An Idea that Works from University Pointe Surgical Hospital.

There's a time and a place for rapid-cycle steam sterilization.