Cutting Remarks: Recovery room blues. Things don't always go as planned in PACU.

Ideas That Work: Supply shortcuts. Program physician preferences into drug dispenser. Save time when requesting medication from the drug dispenser with this Idea That Works from Springfield, Illinois.

Tips for greening the operating room. Sensible steps you can take today to shrink your carbon footprint.

3 cleaning tasks you should absolutely automate. Give your staff a break with these labor-saving technologies.

Protect patients from pressure injuries. 4 questions to improve surgical patients' skin care outcomes.

Regional anesthesia's economic advantages. Peripheral nerve blocks save dollars and make sense.

Tips for seamless video integration. Can your surgeons view and manipulate video and images during and after the case?

Are morcellators safe for hysterectomies? They speed the procedure, but do they spread cancer, too? See what this gynecologic surgeon has to say.

10 products you shouldn't be without. Here are some of this year's top innovations.

Can you pass this prepping quiz? Want to start a great debate? Ask your surgeons and nurses to defend their skin prepping preferences and beliefs.

Editor's Page: Do you follow AORN recommended practices? They represent the optimal levels of practice, but the choice is yours.

How comfortable are your ORs? Take this hospital's lead and focus on features that ease the daily grind.

Staffing: Never stop looking for your next new job. 7 steps to advance your career, even if you're not ready for change.

About my error. The orthopedic surgeon talks about his wrong procedure in order to share the lessons learned.

Anesthesia Alert: Keys to a safe and orderly anesthesia cart. 20 recommendations to help ensure safe medication management.

Ideas That Work: Division of labor. Mailboxes make tasks fairer and easier. Use mailboxes to make tasks fairer and easier with this Idea That Works from Corinth, Mississippi.

Behind Closed Doors: What's in Paula's pockets? Why hoarders make efficient nurses.

Perfect your pre-admission process. Advice for starting every patient experience on the right foot.

Legal Update: This transaction might be worth a tri. Hospital-corporate-physician ASC deals benefit all investors.

Medical Malpractice: Don't give in to the gadget. Distracted doctoring is the new legal minefield.