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• Cover: Work-Life Balance - Outpatient Surgery Magazine January 2017
• Table of Contents: Features
• Table of Contents: Departments
• Editor's Page: Double Standard on Double-Booked Surgeries
• Point-Counterpoint: Is Medical Direction of CRNAs a Reimbursement Scheme or Safer for Patients?
• Ideas That Work: Tape the Eyes Before You Secure the Airway
• Ideas That Work: Organize Your Supply Room Like a Supermarket
• Ideas That Work: Tuck the Draw Sheet to Safely Secure Arms
• Ideas That Work: Cure a Patient's Pre-op Headache
• Ideas That Work: An Inexpensive Way to Transport Dirty Endoscopes
• Ideas That Work: A Cell Phone Policy for Patients and Escorts
• Ideas That Work: Stagger Staff for Lat-Running Cases
• Business Advisor: A Master's Degree in the Business of Surgery
• Legal Update: Double Dose of Good Regulatory News for ASCs
• Staffing: The Benefits of Build-to-Order Instrument Sets
• Work-Life Balance - 2016 Salary Survey
• What's New in Patient Communication Apps
• Stop the Trendelenburg Slide
• Should You Go All In On Laser Cataracts?
• Burning Question
• 10 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me About EMRs
• How You're Managing the Pain of Total Knees
• Are Prefilled Syringes Worth It?
• Which Is Better: Wrapped Instrument Trays or Sealed Containers?
• Are You Following the New Scope Reprocessing Guidelines?
• Let's Team Up to Prevent Patient Harm
• Is Forced-Air Warming Losing Steam?
• Surgical Skin Antisepsis Done Right
• Te Quest for Competent Sterile Processors
• Fine Tune Your Time Outs
• Product News
• Cutting Remarks: The OHIO Rule in the OR
• Behind Closed Doors: Are We Conditioned Like Pavlov's Dogs?