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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 > March, 2006	Vol. VII, No. 3

FEATURES

Busting 7 Back Injury Myths

Preventing the back injury epidemic among healthcare workers extends far beyond "keep your knees bent and your back straight."

Can You Pass This Waste Disposal Quiz?

Nine questions to make you think before you toss.

How to Trial an Equipment Boom

Will your boom work with every possible OR table placement, patient position and surgeon preference?

How We Improved Our SSI Tracking

Lessons from a hospital's two-year surveillance study could simplify the job of monitoring and documenting your post-op infection rates.

Does It Pay to Outsource Your Cataracts?

A van pulls up. Everything you need to perform cataract surgery gets out - the equipment, the supplies, even a surgical tech. What's not to like?

A Look Inside Endoscopic Carpal Tunnel Release

Boosters say this closed-wrist procedure is quicker, more profitable and better for patients.

6 Ways to a Younger, Happier Nursing Staff

We designed a program to make nursing more attractive - especially to the under-30 set.

Innovative Ways to Drape Smarter

Readers' eight best tips for dressing the surgical field more economically, efficiently and effectively.

Thinking of Buying...Vital Signs Monitors

Simplicity, staff input and a reliable reputation lead a monitor purchase.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Sensing a Subtle Shift

Letters & Emails

Deliver Us From Delays

This Just In

Protect Your Patients Against Identity Theft

Ideas That Work

Knowing When Implants Will Expire

Staffing

How Do You Deal With Your Poor Performers?

Coding & Billing

Ready for the ASC Rollback?

Business Advisor

10 Signs of a Struggling Surgery Center

Legal Update

Nurse Compliance and the Anti-kickback Statute

Safety

Organize Your Warming Cabinets

Product News

Embracing Online Supply Buying

Behind Closed Doors

Open Mouth, Insert Foot

March 2006

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