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AMA Calls for Self-Referral Disclosure

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Electronic Records May Reduce Malpractice Claims

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Safety
Should She Remove Her Bellybutton Ring?
Scott DeBoer, RN, MSN, CEN, CCRN, CFRN

What do you do when a patient shows up in your surgical facility with something pierced besides her ears? If you're like 70 percent of the facility managers Outpatient Surgery Magazine surveyed, you ask the patient to remove her body jewelry before surgery (interestingly, none of the 90 OR managers who responded to our survey say they remove patients' piercings themselves).

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