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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...

Archive > December, 2004 Vol. V, No. 12
FEATURES
2004 Safety Sharps Challenge
We put the latest safety sharps to the test. Find out what our panel of experts had to say.
How to Start an IV Without Pain
Step inside the country's first needle-free hospital to find out how jet injectors have eliminated the pain and anxiety of starting an intravenous line.
Lessons Learned from 3 OR Fires
How quick thinking prevented three fires from escalating into disaster.
What's New for Anesthesia and Pain Management
A look at the latest products on display at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting.
Sorting Out Your Latex- and Powder-free Glove Options
What one facility learned through a glove trial that ended where it began.
Thinking of Buying...Patient-handling Equipment
Transferring and transporting patients doesn't have to be a pain in the back. These devices can help.
DEPARTMENTS
Editor's Page
Safety and Getting Sued
This Just In
Letters & Emails
Ideas that Work
Make Patients Comfortable After Nasal Surgery
Staffing
Can't We All Just Get Along?
Legal Update
Autonomy — Are Doctors Gaining or Losing?
Coding & Billing
Accounts Receivable 101
Safety
Preventing Patient Falls
Products
Cataract Knives and CJD: Is There a Connection?
My Turn
My Outpatient Fictionary
December 2004
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