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Acupressure Calms Children Before Surgery

The application of an acupressure bead between a pediatric patient's eyebrows can reduce their pre-op anxiety, according to researchers. In a stu...

Police Bust Bogus Clinic

Two brothers who ran an illegitimate medical clinic in Canton, Ga., were unqualified for the surgical procedures they performed and the medications ...

Alaska Gov. Palin Attempted CON Repeal

Before she shot onto the national scene as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tried to repeal her...


	Archive > August 2002	Vol. III, No. 8

FEATURES

Accreditation Q & A

The accrediting bodies take on your top questions.

This Just In...

Putting Placebo Knee Surgery Study into Perspective

My Turn

Fostering Facility Civility

Letters & Corrections

Insurance

A Primer on Coding and Billing Software Systems: Part Two

Infection Prevention

Your Surgical Towels May Be Sterile, But Are They Free of Debris?

3 Ways to Put Your Web Site to Work

Tips for making your Web site an asset to your patients and your facility.

How to Make Retina Work for You

Expert advice on how to make cases more cost-effective.

Thinking of Adding Hand Surgery to Your Facility?

Hand surgery is an attractive specialty to add to an ambulatory facility. Here's what you need to consider.

How Managers Are Guarding Against The Latex Threat

As latex allergy becomes more prevalent in the general population and among health care workers, here are the steps surgery center managers are taking to protect their facilities.

Tips for Preventing Equipment Cross-Contamination

Infection control experts share their advice for keeping three hard-to-clean instruments pathogen-free.

Should You Purchase New or Refurbished Equipment

Advice on getting what you bargained for when buying new or refurbished equipment.

New Ways to Contain Post-op Pain

How post-op pain control is moving away from prn prescribing and toward prevention.

Product News

August 2002