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• Check for outdated supplies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