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On the Cover
How much is clinical conven-
ience and added patient safety
worth to you? Would you stretch
your medication budget slightly
to reduce waste and improve
surgeon and staff satisfaction?
It might be time for you to find
out what other facility leaders
at large hospitals and small
surgery centers already know:
Paying a little more for prefilled
syringes turns out to be quite
the bargain.
Cover design by Ethan Anderson
Photo by Pamela Bevelhymer,
RN, BSN, CNOR
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Features
101 6 Secrets for Cleaning
Lumened Instruments
Follow these tips to keep your central sterile
processing department running on all cylinders.
Bill Donahue | Senior Editor
8 Editor's Page
As One Surgical Center Closes, Another Opens
Dan O'Connor | Editor-in-Chief
10 Ideas That Work
• Kids drive themselves to surgery
• Areas we forget to clean
• Hot packs help start IVs
24 Coding & Billing
10 Revenue-Cycle Mistakes to Avoid
Cristina Bentin, CMA, CCS-P, COC, CPPM
30 Staffing
5 Tips for Meaningful Meetings
Leslie Mattson, RN, BSHM
34 Anesthesia Alert
Coping With the Boredom of Anesthesia
Mike MacKinnon, MSN, FNP-C, CRNA
108 Infection Prevention
A Gross Cure for Recurrent C. diff
Jim Burger | Senior Editor
112 Product News
116 Behind Closed Doors
Know Any Good Surgeons?
Paula Watkins, RN, CNOR
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