October 2005 Table of Contents 6 Tips for Safe Tissue Handling Here's how to minimize the risk of infection during allograft procedures. Behind Closed Doors Top 40 Countdown Buy a Monitor That Keeps Going and Going and Going Here's how to make sure the next vital signs monitor you buy stands the test of time. Coding & Billing Time to Give Yourself a Raise? Do You Measure Up? Compare your financial and clinical performance to established surgical benchmarks. Dueling Over Propofol GI docs and a small faction of RNs are trying to wrest the propofol syringe from the hands of anesthesia providers. The Economics of Patient Warming How preventing hypothermia is more cost-effective than treating it. Editor's Page The Economics of Endoscopic Sedation Hospital Insider How We Cut Down on Cancellations Ideas That Work Thank Your Stars Infection Prevention Can You Skip Decontamination? Inside Our Pain Pump Success Providing continuous peripheral nerve blocks at home helps this facility convert inpatients to outpatients. Legal Update Can You Make Blood Tests Mandatory? Medical Malpractice Quiz Will Unapproved Anchor Sink Surgeon? This Just In 900,000 Office Cases, 16 Deaths Overcoming 10 Cataract Challenges in the OR Advice for handling tough situations, improving your outcomes and keeping your surgery day on track. Product News What's New for Flexible Endoscope Reprocessing Safety Sharpless Surgery: A Quiet Revolution Staffing Make Staff Competency a Pleasure to Measure Thinking of Buying...A Surgical Boom What to consider before you suspend equipment and monitors from your OR ceilings. DID YOU SEE THIS?
