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Cellerate collagen tracking
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Environmental Cleaning
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air exchanges
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Is there a standard regarding the use of corrugated cardboard for storage of a surgical implant? The inn...
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New tattoo to forearm when is it safe to scub in?
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Re: Counting on EVAR/TVAR
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Re: The One Tray
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Disposale of Ortho guide wires
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grounding pad placement over tattoo
by Jennie Garrison - Aug 21, 2019 6:16 pm - 3
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Re: grounding pad placement over tattoo
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Dec 9, 2019 8:48 am
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grounding pad placement over tattoo
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NPDB registration
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NPDB registration
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On-Call Response Time
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Dec 3, 2019 1:09 pm
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URODYNAMICS
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Nov 27, 2019 1:00 pm
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URODYNAMICS
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Surgical Skin Prep
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Surgical Skin Prep
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Do I need to change another scalpel for bilateral total knee replacement operations?
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Do I need to change another scalpel for bilateral total k...
by Cindy Wong
Nov 20, 2019 9:32 am
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Do I need to change another scalpel for bilateral total knee replacement operations?
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Patient surgical attire
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Patient surgical attire
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Nov 14, 2019 10:21 am
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Patient surgical attire
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Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) procedures
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Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) p...
by Karen Whittington
Nov 7, 2019 9:32 pm
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Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC) procedures
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PureWick External Female Catheter
by Lindsey Eaton - Oct 31, 2019 10:23 am - 1
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Re: PureWick External Female Catheter
by Randy Farris
Nov 1, 2019 1:34 pm
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Clean Trash
by Sharonna Ackerman - Oct 28, 2019 3:29 pm - 0
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Clean Trash
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Oct 28, 2019 3:29 pm
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Clean Trash
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Policy on False Eyelashes for OR Staff
by Diana Weber - Mar 19, 2019 2:06 pm - 1
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Re: Policy on False Eyelashes for OR Staff
by Simone Barabasz
Oct 23, 2019 7:48 am
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Policy on False Eyelashes for OR Staff
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sterile water
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sterile water
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Oct 18, 2019 10:02 am
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sterile water
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MDRO Policy
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MDRO Policy
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Oct 17, 2019 1:18 pm
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MDRO Policy
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Smoke Evacuation
by Britny Nadeau - Oct 14, 2019 9:16 am - 1
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Re: Smoke Evacuation
by David Weiss
Oct 16, 2019 12:49 pm
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Smoke Evacuation
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Surgical attire
by Susan Heppermann - Aug 27, 2019 3:10 pm - 1
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Re: Surgical attire
by Jeanne Daniel-Hester
Oct 7, 2019 1:11 pm
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Surgical attire
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0 RepliesWould appreciate guidance. I am currently being cited by regulatory bodies for CRNA not wearing a cover gown in the Endoscopy suite durin...
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0 RepliesI have a scrub tech who just received a large forearm tattoo. When would it be safe for him to scrub a case? I cannot find any information on fre...
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Holly Layport posted NPDB registration0 RepliesHas anyone registered with NPDB to do primary source verification for providers? I am having a terrible time meeting their Peer Review req... -
4 RepliesWe keep the large red sharps containers and a same sized container for our used items that are reprocessed by an outside company. in our ORs. ...
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4 RepliesHi Lori! We have small buckets with a red bag in them in my O.R.s