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Identify patients who require contact precautions with this Idea That Works from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Make EHR implementation run smoothly with this Idea That Works from Allenwood, Pennsylvania.

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

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Patients will love getting this card. An Idea That Works from Bogalusa, La.

Cut overtime hours with this simple Idea That Works from Odessa, Florida.

Safety: Give your facility this drug security test. 5 measures that will help prevent diversion.

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

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

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Editor's Page: pardon the disruption. Embrace the disruptive technologies that are changing surgery.

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