Safety: Time for a new surgical checklist. It starts earlier, ends later, saves time and prevents complications.

Anesthesia's latest and greatest. A recap of the hottest new technologies on display at the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

Behind Closed Doors: The OR manager's holiday gift list. Any of these items would look great in our ORs.

Make new hires into vets and keep longtime vets on their toes with this Idea That Works from Newport News, Virginia.

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Cutting Remarks: The joys of ICD-10 documentation. The new coding system requires equal parts precision and patience.

Help speed OR turnovers between cases with this Idea That Works from Chico, California.

Ideas That Work: Innovative ideas. Cleaning up the mess

4 burning questions about patient warming. A skirmish over the science of warming is heating up.

Keep your stethoscopes from wandering off with this Idea That Works from Washington.

Thinking of Buying Arthroscopy imaging consoles. They're the brains of the operation.

New currents in electrosurgery. Recent innovations are improving safety and convenience.

Anesthesia Alert: An infection risk at the head of the table? There might be if your anesthetists practice poor hand hygiene.

Editor's Page: Up for debate. Ever feel like you're drowning in a sea of rules and regulations?

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A new way to clean GI scopes. Some are calling for a shift in endoscope reprocessing from high-level disinfection to steam sterilization.

10 abdominal surgery advances. Innovative techniques and tools continue to move the ball forward.

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The role of real-time intraoperative imaging. Efficiency and accessibility were an unexpected focus of our imaging upgrade.

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