Y
ou know why your surgeons need to use safety scalpels:
Because government regulations and professional organ-
izations demand them, and because you want to protect
your employees from on-the-job injuries. How to get the
devices into surgeons' hands, though, is a more challeng-
ing question. For 3 facilities that made a switch and made it stick, the
conversion depended on information and involvement. Here's how.
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J U LY 2 0 1 5 | O U T P A T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T
Make the Switch to
Safety Scalpels
z CONVERSION Counter users' skepticism with data and education.
Winchester
(Mass.)
Hospital
Practical advice for getting your
(protected) points across.
David Bernard
Senior Associate Editor
