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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

Editor's Page

Who Invented the Time-Out Towel?

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

You know those surgical towels dyed orange and marked with time out in boldface letters? Candace Cole, a 35-year-old RN from San Antonio, Texas, came up with the idea 5 years ago.

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