Transforming Outcomes

JUNE 26, 2020

When you think of the operating room (OR), what comes to mind? Positioning the patient appropriately and properly prepping their skin for the incision. The circulating nurse ensures there’s not a break in sterile technique. An intense and stressful work environment? A place where you have to think and act quickly?

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Incision

JANUARY 29, 2024

Think surg techs not talking to sterile processing, anesthesiology not talking to recovery, surgeons not talking to anyone… Over time, behaviors develop to support the aims of the team itself, rather than the organization as a whole. To this end, Incision has worked extensively with the concept of a universal surgical language.

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Trocar Supplies

MAY 6, 2022

The surgeon used the trocar to make an incision through the skin and into subcutaneous tissues through which the surgeon could insert the cannula for the removal of fluids. They may dilate, making a wider incision once they pass through the skin, so the skin is pushed apart, not sliced through. mm wide , for shallow or deep insertion.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. To remove a gall bladder or an appendix, the surgeon made an incision into the abdomen, inserted his hands and instruments, cut out the tissue under direct vision, and then sewed the abdomen together again. A gall bladder incision might be five inches long.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Perioperative” means “around the time of operations.” IN THE OPERATING ROOM: Mr. Doe will be asleep for the surgery, and Dr. A will be present the entire time. He preps the right side of the patient’s neck with Betadine iodine soap, and drapes the right neck with sterile towels.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 29, 2022

As House of the Dragon depicted, in primitive times there was no way to stop the acute bleeding from Cesarean incisions into the abdomen and the uterus. Sterile surgical procedures began when Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, a Hungarian physician, noted in 1847 that fewer women died from post-surgery fever if surgeons washed their hands.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 20, 2019

Chapter 1 THE BRICKLAYER Alec Lucas’s first contact with FutureCare came in operating room #19 at the University of Silicon Valley Medical Center, where his patient Elizabeth Anderson blinked into the twin suns of the surgical lights hanging from the ceiling. Alec wondered why they were doing this operation on this lady.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The scrubs are enclosed in a device not dissimilar to a soda machine, and you need your ID to operate it. Because anesthesiologists do not scrub in a sterile fashion, it’s OK to wear your watch and ring., Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room.

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Incision

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Welcome back to our series on the inner workings of the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). In our previous article, "Sterile Processing and the Operating Room: Why Patient Safety Can't Be Rushed", we emphasized the importance of embracing the 4.5-hour Sterilization is the standard to ensure a patient’s safety.

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RASA Training

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Following this, the military formed a new profession called ORT (Operating Room Technician). There was a considerable amount of on-the-job training which included patient care, instrument sterilization, draping procedures, instrumentation and sutures.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 26, 2018

Norman Shumway MD PhD, a Stanford surgical professor and legend, invented the heart transplantation procedure and performed the first heart transplant in the USA on January 6, 1968 in operating room 13 of Stanford University Hospital. I also had to fill out a written anesthesia medical record to document what I was doing to the patient.

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Trocar Supplies

JULY 25, 2022

Smaller incisions result in fewer hernias, or none at all. Smaller trocars also save office time, since a 5 mm incision through the fascia does not require stitches. Because bladed trocars do not offer visualization, they cannot be used to initiate an incision. Blunt tip trocars are less traumatic than bladed trocars.

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Trocar Supplies

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Instead of counting out supplies and running an autoclave machine for hours to get everything sterile and ready for use, you can just peel open the top of a disposable tray and all the tools you need are right there. Take out anything that doesn’t work or is expired and replace each with a sterile, unopened version.

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Trocar Supplies

JUNE 6, 2022

Maintaining air pressure inside the body is essential to the surgeon's ability to visualize the tissues being operated on. They offer a guaranteed-sharp tip and are also guaranteed sterile with no risk of cross contamination. Use of a modern trocar allows insertion of the hormone through the smallest possible incision.

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Jalal Surgical

DECEMBER 9, 2023

The surgeon then makes an incision, exposing the affected area of the spine. Specifically designed to gently but effectively hold tissues aside, this retractor enables surgeons to create a well-defined operative field , enhancing visibility and maneuverability during spinal surgeries. cm Caspar dura hook 24.5

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Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Between 20 and 70% of all hospital waste can be directly traced back to the operating department [ 3 , 4 ]. In a single day, US operating rooms (ORs) generate up to 2000 tons of waste [ 5 ]. Reusable (A) and disposable (B) sterile surgical gowns. Surgical care contributes disproportionately to these numbers.

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Incision

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Within a hospital, between 20 and 70% of this can be directly traced back to the operating department [ 2 , 3 ]. Daily, US operating rooms (ORs) generate up to 2000 tons of waste [ 4 ]. Perfectly good, entirely sterile and, above all, much-needed surgical supplies are routinely discarded in American operating rooms.

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