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Malpractice Verdicts Often Favor Physicians

Physicians come out on the winning end of 80% of malpractice claims that end in jury verdicts, according to researchers at Massachusetts General Hos...

Study: CT Colongraphy Effective in Finding Polyps

A CT-scan-based, laxative-free "virtual colonoscopy" may be as effective as standard colonoscopy in finding potentially cancerous polyps, according ...

Wrong-Site Prevention Video Shows the Right Way

Wrong-site, wrong-patient and wrong-procedure surgery must be prevented at all costs. The 3 steps of the Joint Commission's Universal Protocol make ...


	Archive > February, 2011	Vol. XII, No. 2

FEATURES

So You Want to Become Latex-Free?

From top to bottom, how one facility rid its ORs entirely of latex in 3 short months — and how you can, too.

Understanding Your EMR Hardware Choices

An overview of the most visible components of your electronic medical records conversion.

Ace Your Next Infection Control Survey

9 tips to get every facet of your program in order.

How to Grow Your Orthopedic Volume

6 key assets that will keep your facility on the cutting edge of this booming specialty.

Your Eco-Friendly Fluid Disposal Options

How you can reduce red bag waste, save money and prevent falls in your ORs.

Hassle-Free Cataracts

Outsourcing your cases leaves the headaches to the professionals. You"re left with the profits.

Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing Goes High-Tech

Now that high-level disinfection has gone high-tech, bending over a sink is no longer a prerequisite to reprocessing your flexible endoscopes.

Thinking of Buying...Surgical Power Tools

Tips on buying the instruments that put power in your surgeons" hands.

DEPARTMENTS

Editor's Page

Who Invented the Time-Out Towel?

Readers to the Rescue

Are Curtains Enough for HIPAA Compliance?

Ideas That Work

Racks on tracks

Cutting Remarks

All Inked Up

Medical Malpractice

Did Plaster Cast Burn Patient

Anesthesia Alert

Improve Your Regional Anesthesia Efficiency

Staffing

Can't We All Just Get Along?

Business Advisor

Welcome to the Age of Online Pre-Op Screens

Infection Prevention

How to Handle Patients With MRSA

Product News

A streamlined hand sanitizer dispenser, PONV-alleviating wristbands, a newly FDA-cleared stapling system and more.

Behind Closed Doors

Playing Matchmaker in the OR

February 2011

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