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COVER STORY
The Death of
Joan Rivers:
What Went
Wrong?
Lessons learned from
an endoscopy that
was anything but routine.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
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Alternative Uses
for Peripheral Nerve Blocks
These innovations show regional
anesthesia's not just for surgery.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
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Are You Cleaning
GI Scopes Properly?
The case for standardizing the process.
Marcia Patrick, RN, MSN, CIC
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How Clean Are
Your OR Surfaces?
There's a lot involved
and a lot at stake.
Anne Marie Pettis, RN, BSN, CIC
92
5 Cataract Complications to Avoid
Tips, techniques and technology
to ensure eye cases go as planned.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
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Yes, You Can Do
Outpatient Colectomy
Technology and post-op care are
changing the length of stay for patients
after colorectal surgery.
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
7 Ways to Use Smartphones
and Tablets in the OR
Your crash course on using mobile
devices at your facility.
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
October 2014 | Vol. XV, No. 10
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Saying 'I'm Sorry'
After
an Error p.
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7 Cool Ways to Use
Mobile
Devices p.
34
What's Hiding in
Your
GI Scopes? p.
41
HD Displays: More Than
A
Pretty Picture p.
63
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What Went Wrong?
What Went Wrong?
The Death of Joan Rivers
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Lessons learned from the endoscopy that was anything but routine.
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