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Archive > July, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 7

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?

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

After bathing incisions in their incandescent light for more than 20 years, the OR lights at Baptist Hospital Northeast in La Grange, Ky., finally began to give out.

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