January 2007 Table of Contents 9 PACU Pick-me-ups How to get your patients on their feet and on their way home sooner. Are You Prepared for the Colonoscopy Boom? Here's how to cope with the pressure to do more for less. Behind Closed Doors Will This Case Ever End? Business Advisor Don't Let Sloppy Hiring Get You in Trouble Coding & Billing Penalize Patients Who Cancel Surgery Coming Clean on Hand Hygiene: How Much Do You Really Know? Hand hygiene is your first defense against SSIs and, increasingly, against preventing MRSA transmission. Editor's Page No Parking in the PACU How We Made Part-time Staffing Work Moving to this model helps control payroll expenses in the face of diminishing reimbursements. Plus, 2006 salary survey results. Ideas That Work Get creative with greeting cards Infection Prevention Is Silver the New Gold Standard Against Infections? Legal Update Happy or Sad Days for Doc-owned Hospitals? Letters & E-mail IV drug ban is poor solution This Just In From ASC to hospital Procedures on Wheels Could you benefit from services that bring equipment and technicians to you? Product News How to Pick the Perfect Defibrillator Regional Anesthesia for Pediatric Patients Understanding the anatomic differences between adults and children is one key to safety when administering blocks to your young patients. Thinking of Buying...Surgical Headlights Light quality and comfort are key to selecting headlamps for your surgeons. Understand the Science of Patient Warming Avoiding hypothermia in the OR goes beyond blankets and blowers. DID YOU SEE THIS?
