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Articles in Feb, 2009 issue of Healthcare Purchasing News

• Digital divide
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Failures to follow infection practices placed 60,000 patients at risk for hepatitis B and C
• CMS announces bundled hospital payment test sites to promote quality improvements
• HHS issues action plan to prevent HAIs
• Fast stats
• Code red for ink: electronic invoicing, payment remain the holy grail for EDI efficiency
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• A red-lit glimpse into the dark: GE Healthcare Financial Services exec scans the looming healthcare economy
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Study finds failure to include nurses in process of admitting errors to patients, families
• Outfitting the inner sanctum: trends in surgical suites
  by Susan Cantrell
• The right glove for the right job at the right price: keeping gloves on hand
  by Jeannie Akridge
• New age Nitrile Powder Free Exam Gloves
• Venom PF black nitrile exam gloves
• SemperCare co-polymer Nitrile exam gloves
• The Standard Malaysian Glove is the premier glove specific quality control program ensuring the manufacture of high quality, low-protein, low-powder and powder-free latex examination gloves
• Biogel PI Indicator Underglove
• Micro-Touch Nitrile Exam Gloves
• Esteem Micro surgical gloves
• Decontamination gloves
• Lavender Nitrile Exam Glove
• From patient transport to food service: glove selection is critical across the care continuum
  by Judson Boothe
• First of five ST79 webinars scheduled for March
• Container validation; standard of care and liability insurance; sterilizer mechanical charts
  by Ray Taurasi
• ANSI/AAMI ST41 has been revised: it's time to review your facility's EO sterilization policy and procedures
  by Susan Flynn
• Tracking real progress: scaleable, integrative solutions push instrument tracking to new heights
  by Julie E. Williamson
• Smoke-free policy leads to dramatic, sustained drop in heart attack
• A new cigarette hazard: 'third-hand smoke
• Checks for balance: vendor credentialing efforts strive to thwart red ink, red tape, risk exposure
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Worth repeating
• SMI members remain committed to action
  by Dennis P. Orthman
• How far can you see upstream? Supply chain visibility can help in financially troubled times
  by David Hermann
• Building the momentum for change: 5 steps to move beyond the old ways of doing things
  by Robert T. Yokl