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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 >  Surgical Supplies 2004

What Is Your Best Advice for Buying Wound Closure Devices?

Click here to view all Wound Closure products featured in the 2004 Manager's Guide to Surgical Supplies

To view listings from other product categories, please click on any of the links to the right.

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We have standardized our suture by specialty rather than by physician preference. If a surgeon wants to change, then he must get the approval of all surgeons in that specialty, and they all must change. This has worked particularly well at our center because our physician-owners support our efforts to keep costs low.

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