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Articles in May, 2002 issue of Healthcare Purchasing News

• VHA hospitals find cooperation breeds impressive savings - Surgical Business
  by Curt Werner
• Departmental Functional Analysis can boost materials management performance - Surgical Business
  by Robert H. Perry
• Guidant pacemaker family gets FDA nod - New Technology
• BrainLAB introduces image-guided surgery for hip and knee - New Technology
• All-in-one Pulse/Sensor - Products & Services
• Solvent-free carpet cleaner - Product & Services
• CDC: provider preparation key to thwarting TB - Infection Control Update
• Letters
• Fast stats - News Wire
• Furniture buys seem simple, but the issues stretch far beyond tables and chairs - Products & Services
  by Karin Lillis
• Wide-seat wheeler - Products & Services
• Coverall protection - Products & Services
• Hospitals find reprocessing solutions to financial and risk problems - What Works
  by Karin Lillis
• Reflecting on GPOs, distributors and e-commerce - People & Opinions
  by Bill Elliott
• Analysis: is the sky falling on GPOs? - News
  by Curt Werner
• Banner Health signs deal for stereotactic mammography system - Outpatient Connection
• Action Products - Product Focus
• Face It - Products & Services
• Snap for safe handling - Products & Services
• Abbott to partner in CJD diagnostic test development - Infection Control Update
• What are some of the things you are currently doing to improve customer satisfaction? - Reader Poll
• FDA cites Tyco for manufacturing problems - News Wire
• Equipment management unit files Chapter 11 - News Wire
• Owens signs on with GHX - News Wire
• AmeriNet gets on board with standards group - News Wire
• Survey: average physician generates $1.5 million a year for affiliated hospital
• You're next! Florida Hospital hands out ER pagers - Outpatient Connection
• Pain block - New Products
• Contact germ killer - Products & Services
• Frontal coverage - Products & Services
• Sterility concerns put some medical devices under FDA microscope - IAHCSMM Viewpoint
• Premier renews Immucor pact - News Wire
• The intelligent O.R.: voice-activated lights and remote control tables transport O.R. suites into the future - Product & Services
  by Suzanne Noble
• Sterile scope wrap - New Products
• Almost real - Products & Services
• High volume throughput - Products & Services
• Overburdened - Snapshot
• Diabetes - Snapshot
• Inspector General announces FY 2002 Work Plan - Surgical Business
  by Robert A. Wells
• Getinge/Castle - Product Focus
• Pure air - Products & Services
• Much more fitting - Products & Services
• Needlestick Safety selling tool launched - Infection Control Update
• HIMSS 2002 produces IT answers to range of healthcare questions - Having My Say
  by Richard A. Perrin
• Futura scalpels selected by Kaiser - News Wire
• Increased risk - Snapshot
• High-resolution excellence - Products & Services
• UVC biological protection - Products & Services
• Comparing U.S., Japanese systems in effective infection control - Safety Matters
  by Janine Jagger
• Clarification
• As in today's world, in today's hospital, security takes many forms - News
  by Suzanne Noble
• Cost savings in the O.R. is a difficult but rewarding business - Surgical Business
  by Curt Werner
• Axial alignment - New Products
• Three-in-one - Products & Services
• Acoustically correct - Products & Services
• Keeping current on OSHA standards and changing disposable wrap brands - CS Questions CS Answers
  by Ray Taurasi
• American Pharmaceutical Partners fires back at New York Times charges - News Wire
• BD bifurcated needle gets FDA clearance - New Technology
• Soft touch electrodes - Products & Services
• Hazard awareness - Products & Services
• On the matter of business ethics - ASHCSP Angle
  by Bryant C. Broder
• Correction
• Groups in crisis: an overhaul or a tune-up? - From the Editor
• $250 million Broadlane contract to Xerox - News Wire
• VHA Southwest partners with Living Will Registry - News Wire
• Encore Medical wins DVA orthopedic soft goods contract - News Wire
• Perpetual inventory - New Products
• Ounces of bounce - Products & Services
• Wipers that work - Product & Services
• What is EPINet?