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Flip this room: The value of turnover kits. Provide your staff with the supplies they need to clean and set up rooms.

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A new way to manage post-op pain. The Perioperative Surgical Home model is revolutionizing patient care with preset clinical pathways for specific cases.

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What difficult veins? Imaging technology all but guarantees first-stick success when starting IVs.

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