Double-gloving a hole in one? How we convinced our surgeons and staff to double-glove.

Endoscope reprocessing gone wrong. Recent outbreaks shine light on the dirty truth about the scope cleaning practices at facilities across the country.

What's new in surgical lights? Shining a light on the innovations for illuminating the surgical field.

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Are surgeons fueling the opioid epidemic? If surgeons are "unwittingly enablers of addiction, abuse and overdosage," how should they manage post-op pain?

Behind closed doors: Does this stuff ever happen to you? Or am I the only lucky one to experience these OR oddities?

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Infection prevention: 3 surgical attire battles worth fighting for. Breaks in these safe attire practices could harm patients.

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Staffing: Avoid career burnout. 3 steps to improve your physical and mental wellbeing.

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Legal update: It's not easy to deep-six deadwood docs. Forcing out lower-producing physician-owners is fraught with risk.

Safe patient positioning: A photo essay. A pictorial depicting proper techniques to ensure surgical access and patient safety.

How do you dispose of fluid medical waste? Three facilities discuss their choice of liquid waste management.

Coding & billing: 3 places to look for hidden revenue. You're likely to find income stashed away in these unexpected places.

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Safety starts at the top. Leadership is the first key to prevention.

12 things you didn't know about airway emergencies. They can be difficult to predict and frightening to manage. Here's what you need to keep in mind.

6 lessons our (near miss) medication error taught us. Injecting a patient with local anesthetic instead of contrast dye was a blessing in disguise.