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DEPARTMENTS
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Editor's Page
What's Wrong With This Picture?
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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Letters & E-mails
Ideas That Work
• Prep for patients properly
• Customize your whiteboards
• Massage away post-op pain
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Staffing
Do You Have an Addict on Staff?
Lisa Moschkau, RN, BSN, MASL
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Medical Malpractice
4 Risk Management Tips for Intake of Drugs
William Landess, CRNA, MS, JD
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Business Advisor
Accounting 101: What's a Balance Sheet?
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Stephen Earnhart
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Infection Prevention
Combat Flu in Your Facility
Regina Robinson, RN, BSN, MBA, CASC
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Cloud-Based Management Services
Options for taking your operations online,
and off-site.
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Mary Pat Whaley, CPC, FACMPE
150 Product News
156 Cutting Remarks
What's for Lunch?
John D. Kelly IV, MD
158 Behind Closed Doors
If You Weren't an OR Nurse ...
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | F E B R U A R Y 2013