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FEATURES
36 COVER STORY
How Comfortable
Are Your ORs?
Take this hospital's lead
and focus on features that
ease the daily grind.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
50 Are Morcellators
Safe for Hysterectomies?
They speed the procedure,
but do they spread cancer, too?
See what this gynecologic surgeon has to say.
Jeffrey Thurston, MD
60 Tips for Greening the Operating Room
Sensible steps you can take today to shrink your carbon footprint.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
69 10 Products You Shouldn't Be Without
Here are some of this year's top innovations.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
77 Perfect Your Pre-Admission Process
Advice for starting every patient experience on the right foot.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
83 Can You Pass This Prepping Quiz?
Want to start a great debate? Ask your surgeons and nurses to defend their skin prepping preferences and beliefs.
Sharon A. Van Wicklin, MSN, RN, CNOR, CRNFA, CPSN, PLNC,
and Amber Wood, MSN, RN, CNOR, CIC, CPN
94 The Business of Outpatient Spine
It's an attractive option when you can manage all the pieces.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
103 Regional Anesthesia's Economic Advantages
Peripheral nerve blocks save dollars and make sense.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
112 Tips for Seamless Video Integration
Can your surgeons view and manipulate video
and images during and after the case?
Kimberly Garriott
122 Protect Patients From Pressure Injuries
4 questions to improve surgical patients' skin care outcomes.
Megan Dooman, RN, BSN, CNOR
129 3 Cleaning Tasks You
Should Absolutely Automate
Give your staff a break with these labor-saving technologies.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
44 About My Error
The orthopedic surgeon talks about his wrong procedure in order to share the lessons learned.
David Ring, MD, PhD
