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COVER STORY
Same-Day Total
Joints at an ASC
Patients are leaving
this surgery center, smiling and
pain-free, in less than 4 hours.
Proudly serving hospital, ASC and
office-based surgical facility leaders for 14 years.
Virginia Pickles | Contributing Editor
March 2013 | Vol. XIV, No. 3
www.outpatientsurgery.net
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Keys to Keeping
Your Ortho Patients Comfortable
Minimizing post-op pain and PONV leads to
faster discharges and more satisfied patients.
Greg DeConciliis, PA-C, CASC
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3 Steps to Better Ortho Preps
Protect your joint replacement patients with the right
skin prep, pre-op showers and staph screenings.
Linda R. Greene, RN, MPS, CIC
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The Ins and Outs of 3D C-Arms
Make the most of improved
image rendering with these tips.
Will Chestnut, RT
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New Trends in Power Tools
Cordless, single-use, handheld
devices will soon hit the market.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
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5 Keys to More
Efficient Arthroscopy
Tips for Smart Instrument Shopping
How we've made sure to get
the most out of our investment.
Claire Welliver, RN
104
A surgeon and an anesthesiologist share
how they keep their facility moving and
score high on patient satisfaction.
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Scott P. Fischer, MD, and Narenda Parson, MD
The Secret to Rapid Room Turnover
Tear open an OR turnover kit for all the supplies
you need to ready the room for the next case.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
5 Flexible Scope Reprocessing Enhancers
Dedicated techs working with the latest
technologies keep busy case schedules on track.
Lynda Bush, BSN, RN
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Think You Can't Make Medication Errors?
Check out these actual breaches in
drug safety and security for a dose of reality.
Leroy Kromis, BS, PharmD, BCPS
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Does Your Decontamination Make the Grade?
Avoid these pitfalls in the process.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
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O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | M A R C H 2013
Photo by Brian Detwiler, CRA, COT
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