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Some of the top stories
this month include:
News

On the Cover:
Supply chain a C-faring topic for hospital chiefs
Price hikes spiking for commodity products
Federal reuse regs fall short,
trade group leader urges
Infection Connection
Continuing education:
Implant sterilization:
Basic questions and answers
CS Solutions/Questions:
Maintaining service records; lot control labeling;
absorbent towels
Sterile processing migrates towards electronic
record-keeping
Operating Room
Surgical errors:
New products, protocols
help slash the risks
Products and Services
ASSET MANAGEMENT
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Taking charge of managing assets heightens
productivity, reduces downtime
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Improving equipment management practices has hospital seeing green
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Scan the horizon for clinical success via enlightened technology
planning
Clinical Business Solutions
Clinical supply management
success in 2006
What Works
Improving patient identification: a key target for U.S.
hospitals
People and Opinions
Having my say:
Recycling program strong at Gunderson Lutheran
Newsmaker:
Specialty bed rental –
A love/hate relationship
Back Talk:
Putting ‘best practices’ into
daily practice
Fast Foreward
Are force majeure vendors overreacting like a pain in the gas?

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