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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

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Archive >  Minimally Invasive Surgery 2006

Preventing Laparoscopic ESU Burns

Smart, simple ways to protect you and your patients from ESU burns.

Vangie Dennis, RN, CNOR, CMLSO

The chief questions that you have to address in dealing with laparoscopic electrosurgery safety are who's at risk of being burned and how significant that risk is.

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