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Tip of the week Are red-bag wastes, sharps, recyclables and unshredded sensitive paperwork routinely ending up in your regular trash bins? Line those ...

InstaPoll: Do You Check Your Work E-Mail on Vacation?

Be honest: When you're on vacation, do you feel compelled to check your work e-mail 2 or 3 or 4 times a day? Or do you manage to leave it all behind...

N.Y. Hepatitis Outbreaks Linked to Propofol Reuse

An investigation into a pair of hepatitis outbreaks in New York City has revealed that the same anesthesiologist was responsible for spreading 6 cas...

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December 2003
Site Visit
Executive director: Tom Mulhern, MBA, CASC Nurse manager: Kay Beaudett, RN, BSN, CNOR Head nurse: Helenann McCloskey, RN, BSN Types of surgeries: General, colonoscopy, en...
December 2003
Preventing Surgical Fires
As anesthesiologist Carol A. Hirshman, MD, found out nearly 25 years ago, the risk of OR fires is present whenever and wherever surgery is performed. "One of the scaries...
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  Top 15 Regular Issue Articles
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Preventing Surgical Fires (12/2003)
Practical Ways to Implement Safety Devices (12/2003)
How Medicare Reform Affects You (12/2003)
Site Visit (11/2003)
Safety (11/2003)
This Just In (11/2003)
Ideas That Work (11/2003)
Battling Back from an Accreditation Denial (11/2003)
Ask Caryl (11/2003)
How We Added Lap-Band Surgery (11/2003)
Surgical Hospitals Face a Grim Future (10/2003)
Site Visit (10/2003)
This Just In (10/2003)
Legal Update (10/2003)
  Top 15 Manager's Guides' Articles
Do You Know the Keys to Safeguarding Your OR Environment?
What Do You Know About Patient Prepping?
A Step-by-Step Instrument Sterilization Guide
Are Your Instrument Reprocessing Practices Surgically Precise?
Do You Need to Brush Up on Your Hand Hygiene IQ?
Can You Successfully Channel Your Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing Technique
Are You Dressed to Protect?
Defeating an Invisible Enemy
CDC Alcohol Rub Q&A
Uncovering 3 Hidden Supply Costs
How Do You Buy Your Surgical Supplies?
5 Ways to Make Your GPO Work for You
5 Ways to Get the Most from Your Surgical Supply Vendors
Browser's Paradise: 5 Top Web Sites for Online Ordering
10 Materials Management Practices That Get Results