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Archive > November, 2007 Vol. VIII, No. 11

The OR of Tomorrow

What piece of capital equipment do you see in your future?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Surgical facility managers have wish lists (must have) and shopping lists (will have) when it comes to purchasing capital equipment. Often the only difference between what you want and what you need is building consensus among surgeons and finding room in the budget — and neither is an easy thing to do.

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