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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...

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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 > August, 2011 Vol. XII, No. 8

Don't Flash Without a Flash Sterilization Container

These specially designed sealed vessels let you safely transport sterilized items from the autoclave to the OR.

Dan O'Connor, Editor-in-Chief

How you transport flash-sterilized items from the autoclave to the OR has come under scrutiny as of late. Walking uncovered baskets or trays of instruments across an unsterile corridor is a no-no, forbidden by Medicare inspectors and accreditation surveyors and frowned upon by AORN standards and infection preventionists. Their concern: The trip from the chamber to the sterile point of use could expose just-sterilized items to airborne contaminants in the environment.

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