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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

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

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > July, 2009 Vol. X, No. 7

Ready to Reprocess Surgical Supplies?

6 keys to reusing single-use devices safely, efficiently and economically.

Laura Gaminde, RN, BSN, MBA, CNOR

It sounds like a come-on: reprocessed devices at half the cost of new ones. Sounds too good to be true, I know, but we've been sending our highest-volume single-use supplies and devices to a third-party reprocessor for 5 years now, a move that's shaved our supply budget by 36% and provided our surgeons with supplies that are as safe and as functional as brand-new devices.

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