20 years ago in the AORN journal

AORN Journal,  June, 2004  

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The "Editorial" says the time has come for OR nurses to be recognized as a source of revenue rather than a cost center or economic drain in a surgical facility. * An article explains that risk management has become important in containing health care costs, in part because hospitals are no longer protected by the legal concept of charitable immunity.

* In "Legislation," the author points out that the Consumer Protection Safety Commission has flammability standards for children's sleepwear and adult clothing but none for surgical drapes. * An article on the use of nuclear magnetic resonance to map the body's terrain without radiation calls it the biggest event in imaging since computed tomography.

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