Surgeons' Lounge: Be good to yourself. 5 Ways to Avoid Caregiver Burnout

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The benefits of reposable instruments. Reduce waste and control costs with these part-disposable, part-reusable instruments.

Can you afford a femto laser? Buy, lease or outsource? Here's a quick economics lesson.

Staffing: Shape up or ship out. Send problem employees home for a day to repent and to reflect.

Cutting Remarks: 'I can't pee.' A stream of good advice if you require patients to void before discharge.

Thinking of Buying ... whole-room disinfection systems. Would your cleaning practices benefit from automated assistance?

Surgeons' Lounge: Awake and aware. Nerve Blocks on Unconscious Patients a Bad Idea

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Editor's Page: Graying of the surgical workforce. Why are so many OR nurses and managers delaying their retirement?

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Surgeons' Lounge: Calling a cab. Would You Let a Patient Take a Taxi Home Alone?

Surgical tech at military center faces allegations of fondling 3 women. Patients say the man inappropriately touched them as they awoke from surgery.

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