How does your endoscopy reprocessing compare? Our reader survey shows most GI facilities are following national standards, but it also uncovered some worrisome trends.

Editor's Page: Don't flip your lid over surgeons in skullcaps. The iconic symbol of surgery is at the center of a dress-code dustup.

Legal Update: No. 1 HIPAA privacy risk? Snooping staff. Employees peeking at patients' medical records far from uncommon.

Avoid general anesthesia in restless legs syndome patients with this Idea That Works from Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Do you need 4K video? Get the big picture on the next level of surgical imaging.

5 trends to watch in abdominal surgery. New technologies that maximize patient outcomes are headed your way.

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.

Corral electrical cords and cables with these Ideas That Work.

See how ORs are managing OR times and scheduling the last case of the day.

Easily relocate items accidentally thrown away in the operating room with the retrieval system called SORT (Search Operating Room Trash).

Clinic where Joan Rivers was stricken sues its insurance carrier. Yorkville Endoscopy claims The Hartford is refusing to pay covered legal bills.

How well do PONV predicting systems work? Study finds the best are only fair to good.

Paralyzed patient blames surgeon for dropping instrument on his spinal cord. $22 million suit: 2 dropped instruments left patient paralyzed. The tools reportedly landed on the patient's spinal cord during surgery to relive a pinched nerve.

Federal panel: remove total knees from inpatient-only list. Is Medicare ready to reimburse outpatient knee replacement? Advisory panel recommendation opens the door for ambulatory arthroplasty.

Study: UV lamps reduce bacteria on computer keyboards by 99%. A new study suggests that UV lamps could help lower the risk of healthcare-associated infections.

Report: Anesthesiologist's blocks blinded 5 cataract patients in one morning. Patients reportedly screamed as anesthesiologist working his first day at the center inserted the needle.

A hospital that removed a kidney from the wrong patient blames referring physician. A kidney removal case brought the wrong patient to the OR table.

Medical spa liable for woman's SSI death following liposuction. Lawsuit claims contaminated instruments caused fatal infection.

Feds: CRNA group offered free drugs to ASCs for exclusive contracts. The group denies any wrongdoing, calling the pay-to-play claims "meritless" and the product of a "disgruntled" ex-employee.