Equipping your total joints OR. How to furnish your room in style -- from the equipment to the instruments to the supplies.

It's time to add outpatient total joints. Advancements in surgical technology and pain management usher in same-day joint replacement.

Is the repless model for you? Inside the trend that promises to cut implant costs and limit vendor influence in the OR.

Who are the best candidates for same-day joints? Set a foundation for success by selecting suitable patients.

Reimbursement, robots and patient selection. Q&A with Sharat Kusuma, MD, joint replacement specialist and surgical consultant.

5 ways to control post-op pain. Effective pain management will set your joint replacement program apart.

Ideas that work: hand-eye coordination. Operation board game sharpens lap-assisting skills.

5 Ways to make your ORs safe and comfortable. Keep your surgical teams happy and healthy with these ergonomic products.

Ideas that work: innovative ideas. Get their attention for wrong-site prevention.

No more dirty duodenoscopes. Recent superbug outbreaks have hammered home the importance of proper manual cleaning.

Thinking of buying ... smoke evacuators. Today's innovative devices evacuate surgical smoke right at the source.

Strategies to prevent retained objects. What you can do to ensure that nothing's left behind.

Staffing: A spreadsheet that spits out a staffing budget. It gives you an hours-per-case analysis and sets realistic staffing levels.

The new world of drug compounding. New regulations have improved safety, but some key distinctions are both subtle and important.

Surgery center's coat drive an overwhelming success. Family violence shelter benefits from community's generosity.

Ideas that work: secure endotracheal tubes with dental floss. Tie dental floss around a tooth.

Product news.

Ideas that work: ergonomics. Elevate your kick bucket.

What eye docs want in a laser cataract system. If you're in the market for a laser cataract platform, here's what to look for.

Innovations in surgical imaging. National experts discuss the eye-popping images on display in today's ORs and what surgery might look like in the near future.