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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 > September, 2005 Vol. VI, No. 9

Behind Closed Doors

Things That Make You Go Hmm...

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR

Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR Sterile supplies that you can't open sterilely.
You can't open most packages of 2 x 2 sponges without contaminating them. I'm not sure what's worse, supplies that you have to pry out of their packaging, or supplies that nosedive to the floor because they're too heavy to plop out on the field.

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