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Safer, Synthetic Heparin Developed

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have built the largest dose of synthetic heparin ever created in a lab. The developme...

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How We Made Benchmarking Work for Us
By focusing on the numbers that really mattered, this hospital reduced turnover times and maximized OR use.
Susan Tobin, RN, BSN, and Anne Hanzel, RN, MSN, MA

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