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10 Feed Your Inbox
Everything You Missed Online Last Month
12 Editor's Page
Say No to Surveillance Cameras in the OR
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
16 Ideas That Work
• ID pediatric patients and their parents
• Keep iPads clean and safe
• 6 neat workarounds
26 Business Advisor
Shopping Smart for Capital Equipment
Corrie Massey, MBA
30 Coding & Billing
A Partial and Confusing List of Spine Codes
Kara Newbury, JD
36 Medical Malpractice
EMRs Can Be Your Friend or Foe in a Lawsuit
Paul J. Molinaro, MD, JD
116 Safety
Shhh! Surgery in Progress
Katherine Daniels, RN
120 Infection Prevention
It Pays to Irrigate the Abdominal Cavity
Gary Biesecker, MD, FACS
122 Anesthesia Alert
Should You Stock
Succinylcholine or Rocuronium?
Perry V. Ruspantine, CRNA, APRN
124 Product News
130 Cutting Remarks
I Cannot Tell a Lie
John D. Kelly IV, MD
132 Behind Closed Doors
Were You Raised By an OR Nurse?
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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