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Infection Prevention: A superbug meets its unlikely match. Well-designed mass e-mails helped curb Acinetobacter baumannii.

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Cutting Remarks: Recovery room blues. Things don't always go as planned in PACU.

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Safety: Managing patients on blood thinners. Limiting bleeding risks demands a personalized approach.

Tips for greening the operating room. Sensible steps you can take today to shrink your carbon footprint.

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Protect patients from pressure injuries. 4 questions to improve surgical patients' skin care outcomes.

10 products you shouldn't be without. Here are some of this year's top innovations.

Tips for seamless video integration. Can your surgeons view and manipulate video and images during and after the case?

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Editor's Page: Do you follow AORN recommended practices? They represent the optimal levels of practice, but the choice is yours.

3 cleaning tasks you should absolutely automate. Give your staff a break with these labor-saving technologies.

Anesthesia Alert: Keys to a safe and orderly anesthesia cart. 20 recommendations to help ensure safe medication management.

Staffing: Never stop looking for your next new job. 7 steps to advance your career, even if you're not ready for change.

Legal Update: This transaction might be worth a tri. Hospital-corporate-physician ASC deals benefit all investors.

Regional anesthesia's economic advantages. Peripheral nerve blocks save dollars and make sense.

Medical Malpractice: Don't give in to the gadget. Distracted doctoring is the new legal minefield.

Perfect your pre-admission process. Advice for starting every patient experience on the right foot.