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Sterile Processing Department Benchmarking for Productivity and Quality

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

Sterile processing is boring. After all, if something particularly exciting happens in your facility’s sterile processing department (SPD), it’s most likely a sign that things aren’t going well. And when a sterile processing department can do that, they can ensure an elite level of patient safety and satisfaction.

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ANESTHESIA IN OUTER SPACE 

The Anesthesia Consultant

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Protocols regarding how to accomplish anesthesia in outer space exist in the medical literature.

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Reducing Anesthesia Drug Waste at ASC and Hospital ORs

Somnia

“Drug waste is a significant contributor to the cost of routine anesthesia care,” said lead author of study Raj Patel, BS, a medical student at University of Illinois Chicago. What is probably cheaper is having pharmacy involved to sterilely draw up medications from multidose vials,” he said. in Harrison, N.Y.,

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Spotlight on Chrystale Cigainero of Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants

Graphium Health

Subscribe to our YouTube Channel Chrystale Cigainero of Metropolitan Anesthesia Consultants joins us this week to discuss some of the greatest challenges in managing today’s anesthesia practice. Welcome back to another episode of Time Out for Anesthesia. I’m your host, David Henderson. Yeah, you got it right.

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How Plastic Surgeons in MD, DC, and Virginia Benefit from Using Platinum Medical Staffing for Temporary Surgical Assistants

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

Their responsibilities include: Preoperative Preparation: Ensuring the operating room is ready, sterilizing instruments, and preparing patients for surgery. Intraoperative Assistance: Passing instruments to the surgeon, maintaining the sterile field, and assisting with tissue retraction and suturing. and Virginia.

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What is an OR Nurse and What Do They Do in the Operating Room?

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

They are responsible for maintaining a sterile environment, assisting surgeons, and ensuring patient safety throughout the surgical process. This involves sterilizing instruments, setting up equipment, and ensuring all safety protocols are followed.

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Maximizing Operating Room Efficiency

Concordia Anesthesiology

In reality, these segments are usually less than one half-hour in length and are needed for proper sterilization. link] Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) Significant cost savings can be realized by cases being performed under anesthesia administered outside of the OR.