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	Archive > July, 2008	Vol. IX, No. 7

FEATURES

All Hail the High-Def OR

Equipment experts and early adopters help guide you through your HD transition.

Shedding Light on LEDs

They're brighter, they're cooler and they're being hung in an increasing number of ORs. Is it time for you to upgrade?

Imaging the Possibilities

MRI, C-arms and ultrasound continue to guide surgeons in the OR with brilliant, almost real-time pictures.

The Day After You Go Paperless

Facility administrators share their EMR boot-up stories.

What's Wrong With Flashing Cataract Instruments?

AORN denounces routine flashing, steams eye surgery community.

10 Tips to Prevent a TASS Outbreak

Details make a difference, every day, every case.

Strengthen Every Link in Your Supply Chain

How to Make GYN Work at Your Facility

A surgeon's view of the specialty's outpatient migration.

Thinking of Buying...Centralized OR Controls

The ins and outs of video and information routing and recording.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Operating in High Def

Letters & E-mails

Ideas That Work

Facility-wide Summer Break

Staffing

Why We Hired a Clinical Nurse Liaison

Business Advisor

The Art of Recruiting New Surgeons

Coding & Billing

Easing the Pain of Coding Facet Joint Injections

Back to Basics

No Sponges Left Behind

Anesthesia Alert

A Review of New Antiemetic Agents

Path Lab

A Primer on Intraoperative Consultations

Infection Prevention

A Solid Waste Plan

Behind Closed Doors

Things That Make You Go Whoops

July 2008

Advertisers in this Issue

Alcon Laboratories, American Optisurgical, Amkai, Arthrex, ASCOA, B. Braun Medical, Bausch & Lomb Surgical, Bay Medical, BD Medical Systems, BFW, Inc., CareCredit, CompView Medical, ConMed Linvatec, Dial Corporation, Faxitron X-Ray, GE Healthcare, Karl Storz Endoscopy, MedRFP, MEDtegrity, Nonin Medical, Prexus Health Partners, Professional Disposables Int'l, ProVation Medical, Provista, Skytron, Somnia, Sony, Specialty Billing Solutions, Summit Imaging, Surgical Outcomes Information Exchange, The Joint Commission, VHA, Welch Allyn