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Unlicensed Cosmetic Surgery Hospitalizes 6 in N.J.

New Jersey medical authorities are investigating the incidence of and issuing alerts on unlicensed cosmetic surgery providers after 6 women suffered...

Rotator Cuff Repair Restores Strength, Not Function

Rotator cuff surgery may restore a patient's normal shoulder strength, but mobility issues persist in the repaired joint, according to researchers a...

Do Patients Expect Too Much From Joint Replacement?

Even with a thorough pre-op education program, more than two-thirds of joint replacement patients don't share the expectations that their surgeons d...

Archive > January, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 1
Ideas That Work
Safety Sheriffs

Rustling Up OR Safety
When you get creative, following the rules can be fun.
Looking for a way to improve your sharps and bloodborne pathogen safety? Get creative. We posted cartoon drawings of a doctor and a nurse, both with oversized hands and faces, above the scrub sinks. We mark the hands with red dots where doctors or nurses suffer sharps injuries, and mark the faces with red dots where they suffer splash exposures. The drawings of "Dr. Hepatitis" and "Nurse-Tech HIV" are comical, but you can look at them and see the hazards that had been reported.

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