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The Brave New World of Bundled Joint Payments - Outpatient Surgery Mag
Editor's Page; Are ASC Sleepovers a Good Idea?
Pediatric Pain Management; Reminder: Codeine Could Be Fatal to Children;
Give Your Patients the VIP Treatment; Treat patients like they're the only case of the day and watch your satisfaction scores soar.
Calculating the Cost of Prefilled Syringes; Go drug by drug to see if it's time to make the switch.
Infection Prevention; Rewriting the Rules of Cataract Reprocessing
Stop the Spread of MRSA; Nasal decolonization is a practical way to lower infection risks.
Scratch Beneath the Surface; Audit the effectiveness of OR cleaning by taking a big-picture view of the entire process.
Product News
5 Ways to Standardize Skin Prepping Practices; Applying preps the same way every time eliminates the variables that increase infection risk.
On the Move; Handoff Tool Improves Speed and Safety
Prevent Pressure Ulcers; 7 practical pearls to protect your patients' skin.
Former Chief Nursing Officer Alleges Firing Retaliation for Reporting Safety Concerns; Barbara McQuillan, BSN, RN, claims she was fired by Sparrow Carson Hospital for reporting "substandard medical care and treatment."
IV Drip Containing Formaldehyde Instead of Saline Kills Russian Woman, 28; Staff reportedly tell investigators they "did not read the name on the vial."
Product News; Great ideas for your OR
Colon Cancer Doesn't Stand a Chance; Endoscope advances and new diagnostic tools are helping physicians find difficult-to-spot polyps.
7 Accreditation Standards You Might Now Know Exist; You might be unaware of some of these common deficiencies I cite as a surveyor.
Ideas That Work: Stay on Schedule; Give Us This Day Our Daily Huddle
Ideas That Work: Alternate Your Defibrillator Batteries
On Point: Give New Technologies a Chance