Spot every sponge. Give your staff the help they need to ensure no object is left behind.

Keep OR floors clear and dry. For the surgical team, safety starts from the ground up.

Pearls for proper patient positioning. Use the right type of equipment for the patient and the procedure to keep your patients safe.

My son did not have to die. Learn from the avoidable opioid-induced hypoxia that took his life.

Marking the site right (correctly). There are lots of ways to do it wrong, but only a couple of ways to do it right.

It's time for honest discussions about medical care gone wrong. Q&A with Marty Makary, MD, MPH, patient safety advocate and healthcare transparency proponent.

Stop the preventable medical error crisis. How many more patients must die before we decide enough is enough?

A colonoscope you won't have to reprocess. Forget the dangers and hassles associated with reprocessing with this one-and-done scope that'll sell for about $200.

Environmental Stewardship: greening up their act. Park Nicollet ASC's environmental efforts carry a community benefit.

8 Ways to make cataract surgery even safer. These technologies improve patient compliance, reduce surgical injuries and minimize patients' risk of post-op infection.

Pain Control: Dedicated teamwork makes patients the winners. The staff at Capital Region Medical Center work hand in hand to achieve excellent pain management.

Staffing: Start every first case of the day on time. A punctual start to the morning sets the tone for the rest of the day.

Patient Satisfaction - Simple equation: Happy Staff = Happy Patients. That's the formula for success at Parkview SurgeryONE in Fort Wayne, Ind.

4 keys to a successful headlight trial. Inside UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center's quest to convert its fleet of 85 headlights to an all-cordless one.

Keep safety glasses handy with this Idea That Works from Oradell, New Jersey.

Simethicone in scopes could pose infection risk. Researchers sound warning on using the anti-flatulence agent to clear the view in endoscopes.

2016 OR Excellence Awards: The Best of the Best. Here are your 2016 OR Excellence Award winners.

Behind Closed Doors: My recovery from total knee replacement. Grueling physical therapy makes surgery seem like the easy part.

Barrier protection breakdown. What if your drapes, gowns, gloves and wraps don't protect you as they should?

Keys to success with same-day total hips. A surgeon looks back on 200 outpatient hip replacements.