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Study: Anesthesia Awareness May Trigger Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Nearly two-thirds of patients who experienced intraoperative awareness suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder 5 years after their surgeries, a...

Trained Providers Lower Propofol Risks

The airway complication risks associated with the use of propofol during advanced endoscopic procedures are lower when trained professionals deliver...

Wrong-Site Errors Plague Nerve Blocks, Too

A study examining the frequency and causes of wrong-site injections in pain management procedures recommends strict use of the Universal Protocol in...


	Archive > March, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 3

FEATURES

The Economics of Peripheral Nerve Blocks

How to document, bill and actually get paid for regional blocks.

Our Readers Come Clean on Home-laundered Scrubs

Is home-laundering scrubs an easy place to save money without jeopardizing patient or staff safety?

Administer Antibiotics Right on Time

How to infuse your pre-op antibiotic protocol with precision.

Is Accreditation Really Worth It?

If it's true that a facility can provide excellent care without becoming accredited, why bother? The answers may surprise you.

Making Phaco More OR-friendly

These machines' innovations assist your staff as well as your surgeons.

Wipe Away Surface Trouble

The proper delivery of disinfectants is as important as their bacteria-killing properties.

How to Get the Most for Your Money When Buying Refurbished Equipment

Facility managers share their experiences with the secondhand market.

New Options in IV Delivery

Innovative new designs are making manifolds easier to use, ensuring more accurate drug delivery and preventing infection.

Thinking of Buying...A Fluid Waste Disposal System

Compare methods, cost them out and catch them in action

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Enough With the Reimbursement Gimmicks

Letters & E-mails

The Unknown RN is Named

This Just In

Aetna Postpones Propofol Policy

Ideas That Work

A Pain Scale for All Patients

Business Advisor

The Bus Stops Here

Staffing

Let's Not Eat Our Young

Medical Malpractice

Patient Falls from Operating Table and Dies

Legal Update

Vetting Vendor Arrangements

Coding & Billing

How to Get Paid for Corneal Tissue

Safety

How We Created a Safety Society

Infection Prevention

Flash Much?

Path Lab

How Would You Like to Receive Your Path Reports?

Product News

Sterilizer Promises Fewer Aborted Cycles

Behind Closed Doors

Career Opportunities

March 2008

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