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34 COVER STORY
Is Obamacare About to Get Trumped?
We won't have to wait long to see how the
President-elect's promise to repeal and replace
the Affordable Care Act will play out.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
46 Streamline Room Turnover
How to ready your ORs faster — consistently,
completely and without cutting corners.
Dan Dunkin | Associate Editor
51 Warming Trends
What are your rules for
keeping patients normothermic?
Dan Dunkin | Associate Editor
59 Say Yes to Opioid-Free Surgery
A hospital eliminated opioids from surgery
and removed prescription painkillers from
its post-op pain control protocol.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
66 Where's the Love?
How to nurture a healthy
central sterile supply-OR relationship.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
74 Torn Between Two Meshes
Hernia mesh options are no longer
just biologics or conventional — you
have new options for more complex cases.
Bruce Ramshaw, MD, FACS
80 Keep Your Employees Free From Harm
A number of hazards are lurking
in your operating rooms.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
88 28 Tips to Improve Arthroscopy Efficiency
Keep cases moving,
surgeons happy and profits flowing.
Jim Burger | Senior Editor
96 The Latest and Greatest in Anesthesia
The American Society of Anesthesiologists
annual meeting was jam-packed with
innovative tools and products.
Jim Burger | Senior Editor
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