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News & Notes

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	Archive > March, 2010	Vol. XI, No. 3

FEATURES

Outfit Your OR for Spine Surgery Success

How to purchase the right equipment and assemble a highly skilled team for outpatient spine.

Inside an Infection Control Simulation Lab

In today's sophisticated surgical simulation training programs, everything is done as if the patients and the procedures were real, especially the requisite steps needed for good infection prevention.

What to Look for in Anesthesia Contracts

Negotiate a deal that's flexible yet keeps you covered.

Finding the Right Reprocessor for Your Flexible Endoscopes

Evaluate the alternatives as you heed the FDA's call to replace the Steris System 1.

Stop Deep Vein Thrombosis Before It Starts

Prevention is the best medicine against this potentially deadly surgical complication.

Retina Rising

How one facility added — and is profiting from — posterior segment surgery.

This Top Doc Uses Safety Scalpels — Do You?

The medical director of surgical services at my hospital leads by example when it comes to protecting our staff and patients.

Making Babies

A look inside the growing specialty of reproductive health medicine.

Add Spinal Cord Stimulation to Your Pain Cases

Delivering long-term relief for patients in chronic pain can be profitable in both the surgery center and hospital settings.

Thinking of Buying...Patient Handling Equipment

Identify your workplace risks to implement a solution.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Holes in My Knee, Holes in My Heart

This Just In

Risk Calculator Aids Surgical Decision Making

Ideas That Work

Texting your surgeons

Safety

Go Beyond Time Outs With Pre-Op Briefings

Staffing

The Benefits of Mentoring

Medical Malpractice

Are You Liable for Your Contracted Providers?

Legal Update

Your Obligations in a HITECH World

Coding & Billing

3 Reasons to Outsource Your Billing Services

Business Advisor

A New Surgical Treatment for Glaucoma

Anesthesia Alert

Justifying the Cost of Ultrasound for Blocks

Infection Prevention

Taking the Fight to S. aureus

Product News

A nasal prep, automated solutions for hand hygiene compliance and instrument tracking, surgical

Behind Closed Doors

Self-Improvement for the Surgical Nurse

March 2010

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