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State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

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Archive > May, 2009 Vol. X, No. 5

Safety Scalpels and Sutures Have Come a Long Way

Safety-engineered devices feel better, cut better — and still reduce injury and infection in the OR.

Jane Perry, MD

If the scalpels were awkward and the blunt suture needles were, well, blunt the last time you conducted a safety sharps trial, you and your surgeons may be pleasantly surprised by improved designs that make cutting and closing less risky but no less effective than with conventional scalpels and suture needles.

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