Table of Contents: FEATURES
30 COVER STORY
Are You Ready
for Ebola?
The outbreak of the
deadly virus has surgical
facilities on high alert.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
Kendal Gapinski | Associate Editor
39 Skin in the Game
What are your pre-op bathing practices?
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
49 Improve the View for Your ENT Docs
Image-guided technology increases their confidence and enhances case efficiency.
Donald Donovan, MD
58 From Hollywood to Health Care
3D, HD and 4K are revolutionizing surgical visualization.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
76 How We Beat Pressure Ulcers
The 7 things we did to lower our skin injury rate.
Melanie Pipping, BGS, RN, CNIII
84 What Surgeons Want
in Their Staplers
It's a short list: no malfunctions and no leakage.
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
90 Focusing on Success
in Retinal Surgery
4 keys to capitalizing on the
specialty's rapidly changing nature.
Pravin Dugel, MD
95 The Details of Decontamination
Start sterile processing on the right foot.
Sue Klacik, BS, CRCST, ACE, FCS, CHL, CIS
68 The Economics of Fluid Waste Disposal
Here's how your options
affect your bottom line.
Mary C. Wilson, BSN, RN, CNOR
November 2014 | Vol. XV, No. 11
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