Behind closed doors: Surgery for Santa. I'm pretty sure I saw St. Nick in the OR the night before Christmas.

How we negotiated our own bundled payments for total joints. These surgeons saw the coming of same-day joints and value-based payments.

Reduce the potential of grabbing unsterile instruments with this Idea That Works.

6 things you might not know about patient warming. A look at the not-so-obvious details of hypothermia prevention.

Thinking of buying ... spinal surgery tables. What to look for if you're adding or expanding spine surgery services.

Infection prevention: don't define your reprocessors by their failures. Let your sterile processing department prove itself to you.

Staffing: Should you hire new grads or veteran RNs? Pros and cons of hiring nurses with varying degrees of experience.

Editor's page: Are your surgeons suffering in silence? The wear and tear of laparoscopy will take its toll on your doctors.

Deadly DVT: Man dies from pulmonary embolism following leg tendon surgery. Lawsuit: Doctors and physical therapists should have recognized the man suffered a pulmonary embolism following surgery to repair a torn leg tendon.

4 keys to prevent patient falls. Keep your patients from taking a tumble.

Reduce staff overtime with this Idea That Works.

Product News

Down the drain or direct to drain? Our search for a simple, safe and cost-effective solution for fluid waste disposal.

Use this Idea That Works when you have a coughing patient.

Tools for difficult colonoscopies. Help your doctors see more clearly and move more easily through the colon with the latest scopes and add-ons.

A new kind of gender bias for female surgeons. Study says the backlash women receive following surgical errors far exceeds what male surgeons experience.

Is it time to serilize endoscopes? A much-needed higher standard may be on the horizon.

Take a closer look at ophthalmic compounded drugs. Here's what you can do to ensure the sterility, potency and purity of the outsourced injections you use in your facility.

Safety: Inside our near-miss wrong-site surgery. Lessons learned from almost implanting the wrong IOL.

Keep your storage room neat and orderly with this Idea That Works.