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Articles in Sept, 2004 issue of Healthcare Purchasing News

• Study shows risk of VTE reduced in certain patients
• UK looks at quarantining MRSA in hospitals
• Sterilization quality assurance requires multi-pronged approach
  by Julie E. Williamson
• Local analgesic
• Endoscopy camera
• A/V & specialty furniture
• Competitive bidding: keep your organization's edge in equipment pricing
  by William Stitt
• IAHCSMM responds to budget woes with meeting changes
• Distributors take care of business when not taken for granted
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Key points to consider in your evaluation and selection of rigid sterilization containers
  by Ray Taurasi
• Vitamin A & D ointment
• Stainless items
• Monitoring products
• The price of prevention: HPN's 2004 Infection Control salary survey
  by Jeannie Akridge
• New resource for hazardous drug handling
• Blueprint for infection-free construction or renovation
  by Susan Cantrell
• Stain remover
• Remote control door protection
• Nitrogen gas outlet
• Spectrum surgical instruments
• IBM using RFID to track medical waste
• Problems persist with life-threatening tubing connections
• FDA panel considers over-the-counter home defibrillator
• Flat panel illuminator
• Child-size face mask
• Browser-based analysis and support tool
• To flush or not to flush; disposable vs. basin bath?
  by Steve Brown
• Searchable database to support environmentally preferable purchasing
• CDC ships chem-packs to states to protect against chemical weapons
• Label system
• Safety scalpels
• Loveseat sleepers
• Richard Wolf Medical Instruments
• Deadline approaches: nominate your team for 2004 CS/SPD Department of the Year
• HealthGrades cites twice the number of hospital errors
• New JCAHO hospital comparison web site
• Patient warming key in robotic surgery
  by Michael Jones
• Bariatric bedpan
• Skin care
• 10 year warranty offer on suction regulators
• Worth repeating
• Signs of the apocalypse … with three lights at the end of the tunnel
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• VA drops $265 million Bay Pines computer system
• How safe is hospital water anyway? You'd be surprised
• Glutaraldehyde monitor
• CT pediatric head phantom
• Latex-Free autoclave tape
• Healthmark industries
• Fast stats
• Medical imaging increases faster than other medical services
• Are energy savings in your future?
• Sleep apnea therapy
• Catheter
• RFID Prototype
• Propper Manufacturing
• Court rules in favor of ALARIS on needle-free products
• Raising the bar on surgical gowns and drapes
  by Jeannie Akridge
• Kimberly-Clark introduces a child-size face mask
• Radiation protective eyewear
• Standing technology
• Rotary Storage
• What's best for your organization?
  by L.E. Majewski
• Hospitals must determine immigration status
• Stented growth: sometimes seeing green leads to red, not black: here are some heart-to-heart tips for dealing with a technology that bloats budgets and coffers simultaneously
  by Rick Dana Barlow
• Leading teams through multi-projects and multi-sites
  by J. Douglas Roill
• Exam gloves
• Isolation cart
• Wheelchair scale
• IAHCSMM 2004 Fall Meeting: a 'pilgrimage for wisdom'