How Much Do You Know About Patient Warming? A recent survey suggests some nurses are still stumped on the basics of preventing perioperative hypothermia.

Celebrating 10 Years Of the Surgical Safety Checklist; Q&A with Thomas Weiser, MD, checklist co-creator and champion of safer patient care.

What's in Your MH Cart? Answer these 10 questions to find out if you're ready to respond to a malignant hyperthermia crisis.

On Point: Have You Established a Culture of Safety? Talk is cheap when it comes to protecting patients and staff from harm.

3 Sharp Ideas to Improve Sharps Safety; Here's how we responded to a worrisome uptick in needlesticks and cuts.

Comprehensive Pressure Injury Prevention;Use this risk assessment tool to protect patients' skin from pre-op to PACU.

5 Steps to Smoke-Free Surgery; Your staff will breathe a collective sigh of relief when you clear the OR air of harmful contaminants.

Ideas That Work: Rx for Sheltering 200 People in Place

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Business Advisor: Unlock Your Equipment's Hidden Expiration Date; Know years in advance when you'll need to replace big-ticket items.

Ideas That Work: Do You Count Your Propofol?

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.