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David Bernard, Senior Associate Editor
When it comes to surgical drapes, the quests are isolating the surgical field, and doing it effectively and with minimal cost. Sometimes more is not better, it is only more. "I have heard stories of 20-plus drapes used for some orthopedic procedures," says Bob Lusk, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR, director of surgical services at Union Hospital in Elkton, Md.