Table of Contents: Departments
10 Editor's Page
Oxygen's Underrated Role in Surgical Fires
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
14 Surgeons' Lounge
• Do OR cameras violate HIPAA?
• Surgeon blasts the big business of surgery
• Saying goodbye after a
50-year surgical career
26 Ideas That Work
• Use your noodle to organize stray cords
• "Flavored" anesthesia masks for kids
• Check for outdated supplies
quickly and easily
37 Legal Update
Price Your Physician Buy-Ins With Care
Mark E. Manigan, JD
40 Staffing
Rehab Your Difficult Docs
William Cooper, MD, MPH
44 Reimbursement Roundup
Billing Technicality Could
Cost Group of Surgeons Millions
Emily Studebaker, JD
120 Thinking of Buying …
Automated Endoscope Reprocessors
AERs make it easier to high-level disinfect your flexible scopes.
Lisa Nail, RN, CGRN
128 Infection Prevention
To Prevent Infection, First Assess the Risk
Kim Delahanty, RN, BSN, PHN, MBA/HCM, CIC
132 Product News
138 Cutting Remarks
Lessons From My Favorite Nurse
John D. Kelly IV, MD
140 Behind Closed Doors
It's a Wonderful Life
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR