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Study: Hospitals In Fiscal Crisis

More than half of the nation's short-term, acute-care hospitals are either insolvent or near insolvency due to declining revenues from patient care ...

Automated Anesthesia System Unveiled

Researchers say they've developed a fully automated anesthesia system that administers drugs and monitors their effects in patients undergoing surge...

High Five for Hand Hygiene

Hospitals and ASCs in New Hampshire have been put on notice: It's time to get on board the first statewide initiative to improve hand hygiene compli...

Infection Control
SSI prevention, including surface disinfection, surgical scrubs, barrier protection, antibiotics, waste management and patient warming.
April 2008
Ideas That Work
No More Telephone Tag A recorded message easily lets staff know when they're working. My OR manager used to spend an hour every night calling all 20 OR staff...
March 2008
Thinking of Buying...A Fluid Waste Disposal System
One by-product of minimally invasive procedures such as arthroscopy and endoscopy is the fluid waste they generate. Cleaning up and discarding irrigants, blood...
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> 2/08: 10 Things the OR Should Know About Central Sterile
> 2/08: This Just In
> 2/08: Product News
> 1/08: Product News
> 12/07: Infection Prevention
> 11/07: Can Antimicrobial Coatings Help Prevent Infections?
> 11/07: Four Common Questions About Surface Disinfection
> 11/07: Thinking of Buying...Non-steam Sterilizers
> 11/07: Ideas That Work
> 11/07: Infection Prevention
> 10/07: Infection Prevention
> 10/07: Product News
> 9/07: Infection Prevention
> 9/07: Keys to Maintaining Your Steam Autoclave
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  Manager's Guides' Articles
> 10/07: Tailoring the Prep Every Time
> 10/07: Why Scrub When You Can Rub?
> 10/07: Secrets of a Successful Glove Trial
> 10/07: Reduce Waste in Draping
> 7/07: Infection Control
> 5/07: Can the OR Team Cause SSIs?
> 5/07: Looking Beyond the Surface
> 5/07: Reinforcing Barrier Protection
> 5/07: Sterile Processing’s Link to Infections
> 5/07: Understanding the Science Behind Prepping
> 5/07: What’s Lurking in Your Tap Water?
> 5/07: Hand Disinfection’s Role in Infection Control
> 5/07: Make Antibiotic Prophylaxis Work
> 5/07: Making Sense of Medical Waste Management
> 5/07: Winding Your Way Through the Wound Closure Data
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