CURRENT ISSUE: September 2022
🌐 DIGITAL EDITION
The Latest on Flexible Endoscope Care
New guidance focuses on proper storage and the adequate drying of internal channels.
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How to ‘Screen In’ Job Candidates
With scarce surgical pros in the driver’s seat in a tight labor market, here are three ways to attract them to your facility during interviews.
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SPECIAL EDITION: August 2022 - Anesthesia
🌐 DIGITAL EDITION
Momentum Builds for Opioid-Free Total Joints
Patient engagement, targeted nerve blocks and multimodal pain cocktails are keys to preventing debilitating post-op pain.
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Make Prewarming a Priority
Prevent hypothermia and increase patient satisfaction by warming patients during all three phases of perioperative care.
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REGULATORY AFFAIRS
Proposed Medicare Fare Hike Disappointing
Experts warn the 2.7% increase would not keep pace with inflation.
OR EXCELLENCE 2022
Tap Into the Potential of Total Joints
Renowned joint replacement specialist Lee Rubin, MD, will discuss the importance of establishing a standardized care pathway at OR Excellence in Orlando.
FEATURED PHOTO
A Caring Treat
Dallas-based orthopedic surgeon John Christoforetti, MD, recently discovered a great way to fight back against the notion that procedures at high-volume facilities are the epitome of impersonal, assembly-line care. After his patients undergo ultrasound-guided injec¬tions, he offers them a simple but personal touch: a sweet treat from a candy dish. “It has been universally well received, and it’s a simple way to turn anxiety into smiles,” he says.
BREAKROOM
Is VR the Future of MH Training?
Amid dizzying rates of staff turnover and shortages, it’s more difficult than ever to organize live team training for how to respond to malignant hyperthermia events. Could emerging virtual reality simulations help bridge the gap?
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ANESTHESIA
Easing Anxious Patients
Learn how therapeutic touch is improving both the patient experience and surgical outcomes.
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