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Technic: The Journal of Operating Department Practice is published every other month.

The journal aims to inform and inspire ODPs and colleagues in the pursuit of excellence in perioperative care.

CODP members can access full-issue pdfs, page-turning versions and pdfs of individual articles from journals since November 2009.

You can:

·       Read on-line with page turning

·       Download the articles you need as pdf

·       Download the full journal as pdf

Older journals.  You can download the full issues of all journals since 2003. 

In addition, members can download full issues from March 2003 to September 2009.

Use the Journal Search box above to find specific subjects or authors, or click on the date links below to go straight to the journal you need.

Current issue: May 2012 Volume 3 Number

March 2012 Volume 3 Issue 2 download full issue or access a page-turning version, or download individual articles below 1 Editorial Monitoring could cut hypothermia risks Mark Hellaby 2 News feature From the battlefield to our operating theatres: how transfusions are changing Chloe Harries 6 Professional The first sentence is hardest: writing for publication Suzanne Gough and Claire Hamshire 10 Professional Not just for geeks: mobile apps for health professionals Bernard V. Pennington 12 Letter Chlorhexidine wipes for clean laryngoscope handles Stuart Durdley et al 13 Clinical Endoscopy or surgery for chronic pancreatitis – which works best? 14 Clinical Thromboelastography: a point-of-care test of coagulation efficiency Mark Hellaby 17 Professional Promoting best use of medical technology Barbara Harpham 20 Coffee room