Archive March 2010 XI, No. 3
Features
Outfit Your OR for Spine Surgery Success
How to purchase the right equipment and assemble a highly skilled team for outpatient spine.
Inside an Infection Control Simulation Lab
In today's sophisticated surgical simulation training programs, everything is done as if the patients and the procedures were real, especially the requisite steps needed for good infection prevention.
What to Look for in Anesthesia Contracts
Negotiate a deal that's flexible yet keeps you covered.
Finding the Right Reprocessor for Your Flexible Endoscopes
Evaluate the alternatives as you heed the FDA's call to replace the Steris System 1.
Stop Deep Vein Thrombosis Before It Starts
Prevention is the best medicine against this potentially deadly surgical complication.
Retina Rising
How one facility added and is profiting from posterior segment surgery.
This Top Doc Uses Safety Scalpels Do You?
The medical director of surgical services at my hospital leads by example when it comes to protecting our staff and patients.
Making Babies
A look inside the growing specialty of reproductive health medicine.
Add Spinal Cord Stimulation to Your Pain Cases
Delivering long-term relief for patients in chronic pain can be profitable in both the surgery center and hospital settings.
Thinking of Buying...Patient Handling Equipment
Identify your workplace risks to implement a solution.
Departments
Editor's Page
Holes in My Knee, Holes in My Heart
This Just In
Risk Calculator Aids Surgical Decision Making
Ideas That Work
Texting your surgeons
Safety
Go Beyond Time Outs With Pre-Op Briefings
Staffing
The Benefits of Mentoring
Medical Malpractice
Are You Liable for Your Contracted Providers?
Legal Update
Your Obligations in a HITECH World
Coding & Billing
3 Reasons to Outsource Your Billing Services
Business Advisor
A New Surgical Treatment for Glaucoma
Anesthesia Alert
Justifying the Cost of Ultrasound for Blocks
Infection Prevention
Taking the Fight to S. aureus
Product News
A nasal prep, automated solutions for hand hygiene compliance and instrument tracking, surgical
Behind Closed Doors
Self-Improvement for the Surgical Nurse