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Joint Commission Cracks Down on Bullying

The abusive, manipulative and just plain nasty treatment that many healthcare professionals get from their peers on a daily basis has got to stop, s...

Study: Specialty Hospital Physician-owners More Likely to Refer Patients for Surgery

The physician-owners of specialty hospitals are more likely to refer patients to the facility for surgery, imaging and other procedures than non-own...

Efficacy of Cadaver Ligaments Questioned

Nearly one-fourth of cadaver ligaments implanted in young athletes during ACL reconstructions fail, a discovery that may promote the use of grafts t...


	Archive > January 2003	Vol. IV, No. 1

FEATURES

Blocking Out Postop Pain

How one facility moved procedures to the outpatient setting by using single-injection and continuous-infusion peripheral nerve blocks.

The Great Surgical Prepping Debate

Determining the ''best'' surgical skin prep is mostly a matter of whom you choose to believe

How to Select a Patient Skin Prep Solution for Your OR

9 Strategies for Economizing Cataract Cases

Efficiency and volume, not cost cutting, are the keys to profitable cataract cases.

Weighing the Pros and Cons of Accreditation

If you're thinking about submitting your facility to a survey, consider these points.

What You Need to Know About Endoscope Reprocessing

When you follow this infection control guru's advice for cleaning, disinfecting and sterilizing flexible and rigid scopes, you'll be producing safe-to-use scopes.

This Just In

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Cost-Cutting at Whose Expense

Letters & Emails

A Hair Out of Place

Ideas That Work

Instrument Pouch Racks Save Time

Staffing

Saying 'No' to Your Surgeons

Coding & Billing

Submitting Clean Claims in 2003

If You're Thinking of Buying...

Power Tools

Site Visit

Southern Surgery Center, Hattiesburg, Miss.
For Everything Orthopedic

My Turn

Physician Supervision of Nurse Anesthetists

January 2003