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Archive > October, 2008 Vol. IX, No. 10
Could Your Procedure Packs Use a Trim?
Our reader survey shows how regularly monitoring your packs' contents and usage can help you cut costs and root out waste.
Irene Tsikitas, Associate Editor

What belongs in your procedure packs and what's just taking up space and costing you money? The short answer: Items that are used 90 percent of the time belong in your packs. But how do you get to that magic number? And — as your case mix, your surgeons and their preferences change — how do you stay there once you get there? That answer's a little trickier, so we surveyed your colleagues to find out what's worked for them.

Categories: Supplies/Implants, Cost Management, Reader Surveys
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The OMS family.

Topcon Medical Systems

Simplicity. Performance. Value. Support.

Datascope Corporation

Clear. Solution.

B. Braun Medical

Said in the same breath.

Pentax Medical Company

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