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30 COVER STORY
Keep Your Nose Clean
What's your nasal decolonization strategy?
Jeannette Sabatini | Associate Editor
39 Is That Scope Clean? Verify It
Now you can confirm that reprocessed scopes
have no residual contamination or damage
that could harbor future microbes.
Weston "Hank" Balch, CRCST, CER, CIS, CHL
50 Shopping for a Compounding Pharmacy
Ask these 5 key questions
to find the right drug supplier.
Jeannette Sabatini | Associate Editor
60 Satisfaction Guaranteed
6 patient-pleasing ideas you can implement today.
Mike Morsch | Associate Editor
70 The Calm Before the Surgery
A look at all-natural alternatives
therapies that relax patients.
Jeannette Sabatini | Associate Editor
75 The Queen of Hernia Repairs
I specialize in treating patients
with hernia-related complications.
Shirin Towfigh, MD, FACS
81 Have You Tried EMRs Lately?
Going paperless isn't as painful
as you might think. No, really.
Mike Morsch | Associate Editor
88 2018 Cataract Survey:
What's Hot and What's Not
Readers weigh in on new eye surgery technology,
new drugs, new procedures and more.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
100 Map Out Surgery With
a 3D Organ Reconstruction
A patient created a life-sized model
of his diseased colon for his surgeon to see.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
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