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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2008

New Surgical Construction From A to Z

Your letter-perfect guide to doing it right.

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

While I'm no expert on new surgical construction, I do have some real-world advice from the pure horror of opening two surgical centers of my own. This information isn't going to make you an expert either, but it might give you cause to pause and think of something that you hadn't thought of yet. I can't hit on everything, but I can give you plenty of practical pointers, set to the ABC's.

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