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

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.

Anesthesiologist pleads guilty to defrauding the University of Rochester. Doron Feldman, MD, cashed in on fake invoices with help from the inside.

Same-day surgery's overnight expansion. A Maryland ASC sees advantages in extended recoveries for ambulatory patients.

Woman awakens during gall bladder surgery, dies from heart failure. Jury agrees she should have been intubated, awards $7.9 million.

Left behind for 4 years: sponge leads to misery, litigation. Patient says she was repeatedly misdiagnosed.

PONV prevention. Do everything you can to have every patient feeling fine after surgery.

5 keys to managing MH. The potentially fatal disorder can strike at any time. Are you prepared to save a life?

Avoid intubation trouble. You shouldn't be surprised by a difficult airway.

Why warming matters. Patient normothermia is a key concern for successful anesthesia outcomes.

How do you control post-op pain? No two anesthesia providers manage the 5th vital sign in the same way.

FDA says more decisions on morcellation coming. The agency will hold a public meeting in July.

Ortho doc volunteers services to veterans in need. Oregon ASC starts "Save Our Veterans" program.

Ideas That Work: Division of labor. Mailboxes make tasks fairer and easier. Use mailboxes to make tasks fairer and easier with this Idea That Works from Corinth, Mississippi.

About my error. The orthopedic surgeon talks about his wrong procedure in order to share the lessons learned.

Ideas That Work: Potty training. Postcard for post-op constipation. Cut down on post-op constipation complaints with this Idea That Works from Salisbury, Maryland.

Ideas That Work: Pediatric pulse ox. Let kids wear PJs for surgery. Keep a pediatric patients comfortable during surgery with this Idea That Works from Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

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