Two-hundred million of these stamps were recently reprinted and made available earlier this year. The stamp is a definitive, not a commemorative issue, so it will continue to be available.
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The 1997 Manual for Anesthesia Department Organization and Management is now available from the ASA Executive Office. This comprehensive manual is a compendium of all the important materials needed to run an anesthesia department successfully. Also included is the Surgical Anesthesia section from the Joint Commission's 1996 Accreditation Manual for Ambulatory Health Care . Other topics in the manual include departmental leadership, a sample administrative manual, model anesthesia records, informed consent, equipment standards and maintenance, infection control in anesthesia practice, ambulatory anesthesia management, delineation of clinical privileges with examples, and quality improvement and peer review. The 1997 manual also contains ASA guidelines for department organization and standards and guidelines for patient care.