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44 COVER STORY
Clear Cut
Are you marking the surgical site right?
Our survey shows room for improvement.
Jim Burger | Associate Editor
53 Make the Switch to Safety Scalpels
Practical advice for getting your
(protected) points across.
David Bernard | Senior Associate Editor
60 What's New in Gastroenterology?
Cool products from Digestive Disease Week.
Seth A. Gross, MD, FACG, FASGE
73 The Value of Turnover Kits
Provide your staff with the supplies
they need to clean and set up rooms.
Daniel Cook | Executive Editor
82 Advances in Video Imaging
The days of laparoscopic surgeons
feeling as though they're operating
through a straw are long gone.
Pamela Ertel, RN, BSN, CNOR, RNFA, CASC, FABC
89 11 Hot Products for Ophthalmology
Innovation abounds in the ASCRS exhibit hall.
T. Hunter Newsom, MD
100 Stay Ahead of Ergonomic Injuries
Preparation is the key to prevention.
Line Doucet, MBA
108 Arthroscopy's 3 Hidden Advances
These features have greatly
benefited minimally invasive joint repair.
Eloy Ochoa Jr., MD
100
Outpatient Surgery
July 2015
R
Magazine
www outpatientsurgery.net
Are you marking the surgical site right?
Look inside to find out.
P. 26
Clear Cut
7 Great
Ideas That Work
p. 10
Shop Smart for
Capital
Equipment
p. 16
Cool Products
From
Digestive
Disease Week
p. 34
What Every
Eye Surgeon
Hopes You'll Buy
p. 52
Prevent
Ergonomic
Injuries
p. 58
Noise Pollution
In the OR
p.
66
On the Cover
Wrong-site surgery a never event? Hardly. The avoidable
mistake occurs thousands of times a year, and incorrectly
marked surgical sites are at least partially to blame. Our
survey of more than 500 readers reveals a serious need
to standardize the site-marking process and implement
policies that ensure surgeons cut where they should.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
F E A T U R E S
