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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2009

How the Experts Equip Their ORs

From budgeting to booms and from scopes to service: a selection of good advice.

Outpatient Surgery Editors

Once you've begun planning a surgical construction project, it's time to start thinking about the equipment that'll fill the new space. Here's a sampling of the advice on capital purchases that we published in 2008.

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