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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > July, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 7

Is Tracking Technology For You?

How we made patient and instrument tracking work for us.

Cindy Poucel, RN

With a click of a mouse, we can keep track of anyone and anything in our hospital's day surgery unit. That 7:30 rotator cuff repair? Click. The surgeon's threading his first suture and PACU is preparing a bed. The hernia set needed in half an hour? Click. It's been sterilized, packed and sent to the ORs, intact and on time.

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