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The case for pre-packaged medications. Patient safety is just one of many reasons you should use pre-filled syringes.

Infection Prevention: Housekeepers are your SSI foot soldiers. A dedicated cleaning crew is the first line of defense against infections.

Puncture-resistant ORs. Protect your surgeons and staff from sharps injuries with safety-engineered devices.

Coding & Billing: When payers demand refunds and takebacks. Strategies to fight back and protect what's rightfully yours.

Battling post-op pain without opioids. 5 multimodal approaches that work best when pain from surgery is at its worst.

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The sinking of Sedasys. What doomed the much-ballyhooed computerized sedation system to failure?

Where there's smoke ... If you smell charred flesh in the OR, you're probably inhaling invisible toxic gases, too.

Putting surgeons in touch with minimally invasive surgery. Q&A with Allison Okamura, PhD, mechanical engineer and robotics researcher.

Colonoscopy upgrades worth considering. Imaging enhancements and endoscope advances aim to improve polyp detection rates.

4K lights up the OR. Will dramatically sharper detail lead to safer surgeries and better outcomes?

The robot revolution has begun. Innovative new platforms could someday redefine minimally invasive surgery.

Customize your knee replacements. Implants that match a patient's joint alignment and orientation are better than off-the-shelf hardware.

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3D C-arms transform the OR. The benefits of capturing CT-like images during surgery.

Disinfect whole rooms at a time. UV light and airborne solutions attack surfaces that manual cleaning might have missed.