Create a culture of safety. You know you have one when every member of the surgical team feels comfortable speaking up whenever she sees a potentially unsafe situation.

Cutting remarks: Forgiveness: Don't leave home without it. Carrying around old hurts robs us of happiness, joy and energy.

Slow down, save a life. Keeping your staff safe is a challenge in the fast-paced environment of same-day surgery.

Prevent pressure ulcers. 14 strategies to protect your patients from skin lesions caused by friction and unrelieved pressure.

Hand hygiene for tour nose. Nasal decolonization gave our existing infection control protocols a boost -- without using antibiotics.

Can we eradicate Endophthalmitis? 7 preventive measures to guard against this rare but sight-threatening complication.

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Behind closed doors: The case of the missing probe. Nurses pocket things for safe keeping, not to steal and sell.

Here is an easy way to divert the flow of fluid from the primary bag to the rider. This Idea That Works is from Corona del Mar, CA.

Editor's page: A CRNA's story of addiction and recovery. 'We must grant each other permission to save each other.'

Pre-warming: The key to preventing hypothermia? How soon you start warming patients could determine how quickly they're discharged from PACU.

Provide your OR team with reminders of sharps safety with this Idea That Works from Cincinnati, Ohio.

Thinking of buying ... Pain pumps. Provide patients with consistent, long-lasting pain relief.

Address fire safety when patients are listening with this Idea That Works fom Rockford, IL.

Business advisor: Maximize your marketing efforts. A new way to think about promoting your facility to patients and surgeons.

Boost your patient satisfaction survey return rate with this Idea That Works from Austin, Texas.

What surgeons want in their gowns. Comfort, breathability and mobility are nice, but barrier protection is the most important attribute.

Bill would eliminate medicare co-pays for polyp removal during colonoscopies. Currently, screenings are covered, but Medicare bills patients for excisions.

Former head of sales testifies NECC president knew his company was to blame for tainted steroids outbreak. Ron Ronzio told jurors that as soon as they got word that a patient was ill after being injected with an NECC steroid, president Barry Cadden "knew

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