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Re: "10 Anesthesia Technologies: Are They Right for You?" (September, page 42). The nurses at my facility, Littleton Day Surgery Center, in Littleton, Colo., attended an in-service and practice session held by a company selling the jet injectors. We are an ambulatory surgery center and start approximately 200 IVs per month on pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. However, upon review, we have chosen not to use this product because of the following reasons:
