December 2004 Table of Contents 2004 Safety Sharps Challenge We put the latest safety sharps to the test. Find out what our panel of experts had to say. Coding & Billing Accounts Receivable 101 Editor's Page Safety and Getting Sued How to Start an IV Without Pain Step inside the country's first needle-free hospital to find out how jet injectors have eliminated the pain and anxiety of starting an intravenous line. Ideas that Work Make Patients Comfortable After Nasal Surgery Legal Update Autonomy ??? Are Doctors Gaining or Losing? Lessons Learned from 3 OR Fires How quick thinking prevented three fires from escalating into disaster. Letters & Emails My Turn My Outpatient Fictionary This Just In Products Cataract Knives and CJD: Is There a Connection? Safety Preventing Patient Falls Sorting Out Your Latex- and Powder-free Glove Options What one facility learned through a glove trial that ended where it began. Staffing Can't We All Just Get Along? Thinking of Buying...Patient-handling Equipment Transferring and transporting patients doesn't have to be a pain in the back. These devices can help. What's New for Anesthesia and Pain Management A look at the latest products on display at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting. DID YOU SEE THIS?
