1st Annual OR Excellence Awards

Patient Safety; Pain Control; SSI Prevention; Patient Satisfaction; Employee Safety; Financial Management; ACL; AORN; APIC; AR. Accounts; ASC's; Accounts; Ace; Anesthesia; Angeles Medical Center; Attending; Average; Award; BSN, CNOR, West Virginia University Hospitals. Results; Back Injuries Lexington Medical Center; Bay Park; Bay Park Community Hospital; Bernard E-mail; Bock; Braun; Bristol; Bugs Surgical; Business Advanced Cosmetic Laser Center; Busting; CE; CNOR, West Virginia University Hospitals. Results; CPNB; CRM; Cadillac; California Kaiser; Candler Health System; Canfield; Canyon Surgicenter; Care; Center; Clean; Cloth; Code; Coding; Columbus; Comb; Community Hospital; Conference; Control Bay Park Community Hospital; Coon; Coon. Problems; Cosmetic Laser Center; Crew Resource Management; Culture; Dan O'Connor E-mail; David Bernard E-mail; Dawn M. Yost, RDH, RN, BSN, CNOR, West Virginia University Hospitals. Results; DeRienzo; Donuts; Dr. Feinstein. 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