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Archive > January, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 1

Best Ways to Control Anesthesia Supply Costs

Anesthesia providers share their strategies for lowering your overhead.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

Rule No. 1 for James Babeshoff, CRNA: Don't open any anesthesia supplies until the patient enters the room. "Depending on the type of anesthesia I will be doing, then and only then do I open what is needed," says Mr. Babeshoff of Mercy Hospital in Clinton, Iowa.

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