Anesthesia Alert: mastering adductor canal blocks. Done correctly, they can help control pain for up to 4 days.

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Behind Closed Doors: Can't we all just get along? Is on-the-job behavior bogging us down?

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Your primer on plasma cutting and coagulation devices. These little 'lightsabers' let your surgeons gently slice and seal tissue.

Infection Control: A back-to-basics approach curbs the infection rate at Mercy Tiffin (Ohio) Hospital.

Infection Prevention: 12 Post-op warning signs for patients. These are the symptoms that warrant a phone call to the surgeon.

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Financial Management: Rockford (Ill.) Gastroenterology Associates is dedicated to its financial mission.

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Coding & Billing: Your last-minute ICD-10 checklist. 13 steps to take before the new coding system kicks in next month.

Space limitations? Try this Idea That Works from South Jordan, Utah.

Pain Control: 20,253 regional blocks later, the Andrews Institute's patients are free of pain and opioids.

The best of the best. Here are your 2015 OR Excellence Award Winners.

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