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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive >  Infection Control 2009

Yes or No to Home Laundering?

We turn this hotly debated issue inside-out.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

If you let your staff launder their scrubs at home, there's a right way and a wrong way to do it, says Nancy Bjerke, RN, MPH, CIC, an infection control consultant with Infection Control Associates in San Antonio, Texas.

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