Do you have a culture of safety? Experts weigh in on why changing the environment of your OR is difficult, but essential.

Are your ORs obstacle courses? Take the necessary steps to reduce risks of slips, trips and falls.

The Constant Quest for Zero - Staff & Patient Safety - October, 2015

A better way to eliminate retained surgical items. Accounting, not counting, will ensure no sponges are left behind.

Best practices in drug safety. Expert advice on proper medication storage, security and labeling.

Are You Warming Patients Safely? Here's what you might be doing wrong -- and how to fix it.

MH drills can be a real life saver. My son is alive today because the surgical team did everything right.

New thoughts on radiation safety. A review of the literature adds clarity to the big picture.

Cutting Remarks: Block time blues. Dedicated OR time is hard to get and harder to hold.

Relieve some of the stress of a busy OR day with this Idea That Works from San Diego, California.

Editor's Page: pardon the disruption. Embrace the disruptive technologies that are changing surgery.

Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.

Image-guided sinus surgery: The new standard of care? A growing number of surgeons and patients are demanding the game-changing technology.

Infection Control: A back-to-basics approach curbs the infection rate at Mercy Tiffin (Ohio) Hospital.

Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.

Your primer on plasma cutting and coagulation devices. These little 'lightsabers' let your surgeons gently slice and seal tissue.

Behind Closed Doors: Can't we all just get along? Is on-the-job behavior bogging us down?

In Case You Missed It - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - September, 2015

Save patients a trip to the pharmacy with this Idea That Works from Portsmouth, Ohio.

Product News - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - September, 2015