New Ideas for Preventing Endophthalmitis; Intracameral antibiotics, proven to lower the rate of infection substantially, are catching on.

Ideas That Work: Monthly Assignments; Put Staff in Charge of Their Own Schedule

Staffing:Develop Your Own Homegrown OR Talent; Fewer temps and travel nurses give us greater staffing stability

How to Answer Patients' Hernia Mesh Questions; Amongst fear and fabrication, be the voice of reason.

Yes, You Can Perform Opioid-Sparing Surgery; How to go easy on the prescription painkillers - yet still control your patients' pain.

Thinking of Buying... Small Bone Power Tools; Thinking of Buying... Small Bone Power Tools

Infection Prevention: Zero Infections and Counting; Small improvements made a big difference in this hospital's quest to eliminate surgical site infections.

Ideas That Work: Rx for Sheltering 200 People in Place

Behind Closed Doors: Things That Make You Go Hmmm...Am I the only one who notices this stuff?

Expert Tips for Total Joint Efficiency;Build your program on these pillars of success.

Employee Safety: An Exhaustive 3-year Quest for 12 Smoke-Free ORs; Northwest Hospital is the first hospital in Maryland to be completely smoke-free.

Anesthesia Alert: 8 Little-Known Facts About Ketamine; Anesthetic and analgesic properties that make Special K special.

Ideas That Work: Our Pre-op Bedside Briefing

Ideas That Work: Cover Panels Guard Door; Do Not Enter: UV Room Disinfection in Process

10 Tips for Safer Electrosurgery; Use these guidelines to keep both patients and staff safe.

There's That Cataract Van Again; Does outsourcing cataracts make sense for your facility?

Product News; Great ideas for your OR

Ideas That Work: Where Do You Store Patient Belongings?

Financial Management: The Perioperative Olympics; In one quarter, 52 staff-generated, gold-medal, money-saving ideas have resulted in $121,000 in savings.

2018 OR Excellence Awards;There's a little piece of you in each of this year's winners.