High Reliability for a Highly Unreliable World; Controlling what you can control ensures inevitable human errors never result in patient harm.

Ideas That Work: Pamper Your Staff; /issues/2018/06/ideas-that-work-pamper-your-staff

Who's Handling Your Patient Satisfaction Surveys? The postponement of the OAS CAHPS program shouldn't delay your search for a CMS-approved vendor.

Patient Education Is Key to Reducing Opioids; When patients are involved in their recovery, they need less pain medication.

5 Innovations in Infection Prevention; To defeat the infectious invaders on the front lines of surgical care, you have to fight dirty.

Ideas That Work: No Sweat; Tracking OR Humidity Levels

Boost Your Patients' Dietary Health Before Surgery; Use a simple checklist to screen for malnourishment.

The Quest for Faster Room Turnover; 9 steps for more efficient room setup and teardown.

Ideas That Work: Perpetual Inventory; It Pays to Know When Drugs Are Set to Expire

4 Questions to Ask About Prefilled Syringes; Here's what a compounding pharmacy consultant would want to know.

Bone Up On Bone Grafts; A breakdown of the materials that help build bones back up.

Ideas That Work: Remember to Wash Your Hands; When Everyone's a Hand Hygiene Spy

Thinking of Buying: Pre-sterilized Implants and Procedural Kits; Surgery-ready implants and disposable instrument sets in a box.

Ideas That Work: Pediatrics; Mask Bubble Blower Reduces Anxiety for Kids

Ideas That Work: Cataract Comfort; Removing Face Drapes Doesn't Have to Hurt

Staffing: How Do You Deal With Aging Surgeons? Assess cognitive and physical skills in the twilight of their careers.

Legal Update: Surgical Hospitals Stripped of Hospital Status; Medicare targeting facilities that don't keep enough patients overnight.

Anesthesia Alert: Surviving the Anesthesia Drug Shortages; Key injectable opioids and local anesthetics are nowhere to be found.

Thumbs Up On OR Integration; The systems are pricey and sometimes unreliable, but overall, facility managers love them.

Ideas That Work: Hard Stop; OR Call Button Solves Safety Concerns