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30 COVER STORY
Caring for Patients With High BMIs
One nurse's journey from patient to advocate
should inspire you to treat obese individuals with
clinical expertise and greater compassion.
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
40 Ready for a 4K Upgrade?
Facility administrators share their best advice
for adding the latest video imaging technology
to your ORs.
Joe Paone | Senior Associate Editor
52 Strategies for
Better Medication Management
Developing a comprehensive protocol for
OR medication administration can fill holes
that lead to errors — and uncover ones you
knew nothing about.
Joyce Wahr, MD
58 Clean Up After Yourself
A back-to-basics approach and consistent
oversight will help you wipe away infection-
causing bacteria.
Raven Hulin, RN, BSN, and
Jana Sally Edney-Poole, RN, BSN
64 Bringing the Pre-op Process Up to Speed
Software solutions, skin prepping and smart
sustenance lead to smoother, safer surgeries.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
72 Opioids Are Overplayed
There are smarter, more effective ways
to manage post-op pain.
Jared Bilski | Senior Associate Editor
82 How Clean Is Your OR Air?
If you think the manual cleaning of OR surfaces
is enough to prevent SSIs, you're not addressing
a more invisible danger.
Maureen Spencer, MEd, RN, CIC, FAPIC
87 3 Ideas to Improve Patient Satisfaction
Think outside the box to communicate with and
calm your most important customers.
Adam Taylor | Senior Associate Editor
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