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Editor's Page
Trade You a Disruptive Doc for a Full Schedule
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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The Surgeons' Lounge
• Will hospital switch to
non-opioid IV pain meds?
• Blog review: A Scrubs Life
• A money-saving anesthesia technique
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Ideas That Work
• Pick up loose hair clippings
• Ease off adhesive tape with hand sanitizer
• Socks signify fall-risk patients
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Staffing
6 Creative Staffing Solutions
Corrie Massey, MBA
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Safety
Blue Dye Mix-Up Blinds Patient
Bradley Truax, MD
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Anesthesia Alert
Acing the Pre-Operative Anesthesia Evaluation
Perry V. Ruspantine, CRNA, APRN
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Legal Update
Is It Safe to Say You're Sorry?
Thomas L. O'Carroll, JD
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Thinking of Buying …
HD Video Displays
The latest models offer a lot
more than incredibly sharp pictures.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
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Product News
A Smudge-Free, Self-Cleaning Laparoscope
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
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Cutting Remarks
Off and Running at Our New ASC
John D. Kelly IV, MD
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Behind Closed Doors
"You Had to Be There …"
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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