There are so many ways to communicate with staff — emails, phone calls, text messages, snail mail, intercoms, breakroom bulletin boards, you name it — yet none of those...

True safety in the OR isn't about what you report to CMS and the various rating agencies that will grade you for quality. Self-reported safety surveys offer a lot of wiggle room...

On Point; GI: A Hot Specialty About to Get Hotter

Must-See Products; At Digestive Disease Week The latest and greatest from the world of GI companies.

Colon Cancer Screening Christmas Cards

The Word Is Heartburn; Millions of people have it - here's how to help ease their pain.

No More Dirty Endoscopes; Enhance the performance of your reprocessing team and reduce the likelihood of human errors that could impact patient safety.

Are You Ready for The Colonoscopy Boom? New screening recommendations are expected to increase the demand for first-time colonoscopies.

Your Endoscope Is On the Fritz, Now What? Partnering with the right service provider will get it back quickly and in good working order.

Make the Right Choice for Safe Sedation; It's best to base the consciousness level on the patient and the procedure.

Coming Up With Creative Ways To Promote Colonoscopies; Q&A with Robert Fusco, MD, gastroenterologist and creator of some unforgettable holiday cards.

Your entire self-worth is wrapped up in your job. You always feel on the brink of physical or mental collapse. And of course, you keep these feelings bottled up inside....

Prescription filled? Text. Package delivered? Text. School closing early? Text. Hair appointment reminder? Text. Yes, nowadays we receive a text instead of a phone call...

Of the many ways to reuse blue sterilization wrap, here's one you might not have considered: sew a couple sheets together to make a sleeping mat for homeless people...

Rather than handing patients a single-use plastic bag to store their belongings, we now give them a reusable blue plastic storage bucket. We have plenty of the 2-feet wide by 4-inches high buckets,...

The Case for a Block Nurse Coordinator; Our regional anesthesia program ran like a well-oiled machine when we put a point person in charge.

The No. 1 benefit of rigid containers? That’s easy. They eliminate the punctures and tears of “torn-wrapper” syndrome, which gives you added assurance that your instruments...

When you turn the page, you'll see a crease across my forehead and a smile across my face. That's how you can tell I just did a robotic-assisted hernia case. The crease is from...

Like most nurses working in busy hospitals, I’ve seen some pretty horrific pressure injuries in my time. Not every day, thankfully, but we all know that lying on an operating table for several hours...

1. You're certain that the surgeon you worked with today uses his personality as birth control. 2. You really think the best photograph of yourself lately is the one on your ID badge....