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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 > January, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 1

Thinking of Buying...Surgical Gowns

Although the comfort is what clinicians notice first, look for a gown with an equally impressive protection level.

Scotty Farris

You have to wear a surgical gown. Period. Seem like common sense? It wasn't that long ago that surgeons were wearing suits and ties to operate, and when the first two-piece cotton gowns with elbow-length sleeves appeared, medical professionals debated whether to wear them. (The dawn of the sterile gloves, head covers and masks era was yet to come.)

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