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Study: Hospitals In Fiscal Crisis

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Automated Anesthesia System Unveiled

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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...

Patient Management
Reporting on how to manage, care for and move patients throughout their surgeries. Includes post-op follow-up and handling patient emergencies.
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
Ideas That Work
A Pain Rating Scale For All Patients It incorporates facial expressions, ranked numbers and familiar words. We wanted to standardize our post-op pain assessm...
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Patient Management
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> 1/08: Fast-Track Surgery Tips
> 1/08: This Just In
> 12/07: Product News
> 11/07: Keys to Safe Patient Warming
> 11/07: Ideas That Work
> 11/07: Safety
> 10/07: How to Make Continuous Infusions Work
> 10/07: Your Guide to Patient Payment Plans
> 9/07: Can GI Pass Its Toughest Test?
> 9/07: This Just In
> 7/07: 5 Reasons to Record Your Surgery
> 7/07: Is Tracking Technology For You?
> 5/07: Anesthesia Alert
> 4/07: Making All the Right Moves
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  Manager's Guides' Articles
> 3/08: The Danger of Deep Vein Thrombosis
> 8/07: Developing Sensible Airway Management Protocols
> 8/07: Strategies for PONV Management
> 5/07: Understanding the Science Behind Prepping
> 5/07: How Maintaining Normothermia Can Reduce Infections
> 8/06: Bringing the Heat
> 8/06: Let Peds Emerge Tranquilly
> 8/06: Prophylaxis and Treatment of PONV
> 8/06: The New Face of Post-op Pain
> 7/06: Patient Handling and Transport
> 3/06: Tips for Keeping Laparoscopic Patients Comfortable
> 3/05: Keys to a Successful Perioperative Program
> 3/05: What It’s Like to Be a Bariatric Surgery Patient
> 7/04: Anesthesia and Herbal Medications
> 7/04: How Do Pain Pumps Work?
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