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Table of Contents: Departments
10 Editor’s Page
Do You Follow AORN Recommended Practices?
Dan O’Connor | Editor-in-Chief
14 Ideas That Work
• Secure patients’ arms for transport
• Pre-op PJs
• Lucky compliments
23 Staffing
Never Stop Looking for Your Next New Job
Ann Geier, MS, RN, CNOR, CASC
27 Medical Malpractice
Don’t Give in to the Gadget
William Landess, CRNA, MS, JD
31 Legal Update
This Transaction Might Be Worth a Tri
Jerry Sokol, JD, and Danielle Golino, JD
138 Thinking of Buying …
Fluid Warming Systems
Maintain normothermia from the inside out.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
149 Anesthesia Alert
Keys to a Safe and Orderly Anesthesia Cart
Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP
153 Safety
Managing Patients on Blood Thinners
Paul A. Gurbel, MD
157 Infection Prevention
A Superbug Meets Its Unlikely Match
L. Silvia Munoz-Price, MD, PhD
161 Product News
167 Cutting Remarks
Recovery Room Blues
John D. Kelly IV, MD
169 Behind Closed Doors
What’s in Paula’s Pockets?
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR