MEDITEK

JULY 23, 2024

Indigo-Clean is an LED lighting technology that safely and continuously disinfects an operating room at a much more effective rate than current environmental disinfection methods. Indigo-Clean is safe, effective, and requires no special clinician training or consumables to operate. Let us elaborate. The proof is in the stats.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Luke’s Health System, Robert Eisenberg, RN, MBA, CASC, Senior Vice President, ASC Practice Leader, Sullivan Healthcare Consulting, Nicole Brown, Chief Operating Officer Orthopedics & Sports Medicine, St. Luke’s wanted the surgery center to run with the operational mentality of an ambulatory surgery center (ASC).

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walkerproject

JANUARY 20, 2021

The operating room area is confronted with a variety of challenges in everyday life. Originally controlled primarily by the surgeon, the operating room has become a service platform run by many professional groups. The operating room management/coordination is responsible for the day-to-day management and coordination.

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Bender

JULY 15, 2020

How to protect patients and hospital staff from electrical hazards In order to have a healthy appreciation of the electrical hazards in an operating room, we must assume and understand that the patient laying on the OR (operating room) table is connected to the ground and therefore a part of the electrical ground system in the operating room.

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DFW Anesthesia Professionals

JANUARY 8, 2024

Many factors affect the operating room (OR) and surgery success, ranging from patient-related factors to resource-related factors to even clinician-related factors. In the operating room (OR), teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, Oct. 24–30, [link] 2.

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Transforming Outcomes

JUNE 26, 2020

When you think of the operating room (OR), what comes to mind? I spent more than 40 years working in nursing before joining 3M five years ago. At my first hospital, I visited the nursing director regularly to see if there were any openings. Managing the room, including supplies, equipment, lighting and documentation.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

In the smart glasses group, the ultrasound machine was located behind the operator, and the smart glasses were paired with the ultrasound machine. Would the addition of smart glasses for routine monitoring be an overdose of technology in the operating room cockpit? Does excessive technology distract us from the actual patient?

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SurgicalPerformance

OCTOBER 8, 2017

It was one of those Monday mornings when I entered the operating room – “Good morning everybody!”

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BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Healthcare organizations may be deterred from using surgical cameras in the operating room for numerous reasons, including high equipment costs, potential workflow disruption, and patient privacy concerns. However, the impact surgical videos have on clinical performance, patient outcomes, and efficiency are invaluable.

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MEDITEK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The operating room is an overwhelming, busy place, especially when the overarching goal is to save lives. 3 As an operating room manager, you know firsthand how challenging it is to run an OR, but throw in some inadequate surgical equipment, and your entire OR can shut down. 1 This is staggering.

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EARN Cares

MARCH 24, 2022

Surgical nursing is unlike any other nursing specialty or unit. The operating room (OR) is a team based unit where patients undergo surgical procedures. OR nurses can only care for one patient during surgery. Surgical Specialties OR nurses are trained to work in all of the different surgical specialties.

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The CSFA is not just a passive participant in the operating room; they are an active collaborator who anticipates the surgeons needs, manages surgical instruments, and assists with critical tasks such as suturing, tissue manipulation, and hemostasis (control of bleeding). Handling and passing surgical instruments to the surgeon.

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Nurse Jess

JANUARY 23, 2024

Happy CRNA Week 2024 A lot has happened The last two months I moved to San Diego Oh what joyous fun A lot of changes for my family and for me New preschool, grandparent help, New workplace A lot of things to learn “Reprogramming” I’d like to say Each NORA (Non-Operating Room Anesthesia) location Different than the next A lot of new people More than (..)

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Clemson

MAY 30, 2022

The Realizing Improved Patient Care through Human-Centered Design in the Operating Room (RIPCHD.OR) learning lab uses a socio-technical approach incorporating human factors engineering and evidence-based design principles to create an optimal ergonomically sound operating room that results in improved patient and staff safety.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 25, 2022

This was a landmark paper on the topic of anesthesiologist:CRNA staffing ratios, which documented that having physician anesthesiologists direct three or four operating rooms simultaneously for major noncardiac inpatient surgical procedures increased the 30-day risks of patient morbidity and mortality.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

JANUARY 9, 2025

Surgeons working in office suites or surgical centers rely heavily on their surgical assistants, RNFAs (Registered Nurse First Assistants), and PAs (Physician Assistants) to streamline procedures, save time, and reduce costs. Their involvement ensures fewer disruptions, leading to smoother operations. Why Choose a Staffing Agency?

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RNnetwork: Operating Room

DECEMBER 12, 2013

As you take the first sip, your break is cut short when you are paged to the operating room (OR) for an emergency surgery. The post 3 Roles of OR Nurses appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog. A patient has just been brought in and needs emergency coronary bypass surgery.

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SpecialtyCare

MARCH 15, 2025

From sterile processing and perfusion services to intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) and surgical assistants, hospital surgical support teams are the unsung heroes behind every successful operation. Lowers the likelihood of post-operative complications related to neurological function. What Is Hospital Surgical Support?

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

DECEMBER 27, 2024

By combining their expertise, surgeries can become more efficient, outcomes can improve, and healthcare facilities can operate seamlessly. When professionals work together, they enhance the operating room dynamic. Cost-effective staffing options to ensure efficient operations. This future relies on integration.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

This will require an operating room staffed with a surgeon, a nurse, a scrub technician, and an anesthesia professional. They also estimate 5,200 anesthesia professionals entered the workforce from training programs in 2023: 1,900 anesthesiologists, 3,000 nurse anesthetists, and 300 anesthesiologist assistants.

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Ed Mariano

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Just before the start of anesthesia, a patient may hear the operating room nurse saying, “Think of a nice dream as you go off to sleep.” “You will be asleep for your surgery,” anesthesiologists often reassure their patients. The anesthesia plan will guide your care during your procedure and throughout your recovery.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) nurses are the unsung heroes of surgery centers. Their critical role begins as soon as patients leave the operating room and continues until they are stable enough to recover at home or in a hospital room. PACU nurses contribute significantly to this efficiency.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Will it be a nurse or will it be a physician? Very few patients die in the operating room, but significant numbers die in the weeks that follow. At times, physician anesthesiologists employ certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) to assist them in what is called the anesthesia care team (ACT) model.

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Bender

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

What does this mean for operating rooms? Nearly anything a person can touch in an operating room is connected to the ground. So according to NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code an operating room is considered a “wet location”, and “wet locations” should use an “ungrounded system”. What does this mean?

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LeanBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

in an operating room, just before the last procedure of a long day that had been full of delays. The nurse is also concerned they […] The post Instead of Urging Your Employees to Be Brave, Help Them Feel Safe Speaking Up by Mark Graban appeared first at Lean Blog. It's 9 p.m.

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The Circulating Life

JANUARY 30, 2023

But as I sit here and watch them, enjoying them but also feeling slightly in over my head since this is a new experience for me, my mind naturally turns to the operating room. How is that any different from our new OR nurses? The post Chasing Chickens & New OR Nurses appeared first on The Circulating Life.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 12, 2020

During this COVID crisis, intensive care unit and emergency room doctors and nurses in hotspots like New York City have dangerous, exhausting jobs keeping coronavirus patients alive. A minority of doctors and nurses are saddled with these dangerous around-the-clock jobs battling the disease in ICUs and ERs.

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PANA

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Seeing is believing and several northeastern Pennsylvania lawmakers and staff got a firsthand look at just a few of the intensive education and training programs that students must master to become certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs). Eddie Day Pashinski (D-Luzerne) to visit and check out the university’s simulation labs.

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MEDITEK

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Boom systems are the beating heart of all operating rooms , playing a paramount role during the most tender and complex moments. By providing cutting-edge product options, we aim to empower operating room managers, surgeons, nurses and other support staff to improve patient outcomes.

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

As a registered nurse, you would think that all this technology supporting the hiring process of nurses would lead to improvements or faster response times but if you have ever spent time on a single application website then you know the frustration and effort that simply goes to waste. What a disaster?!

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Let’s look at a case study which highlights a specific risk of general anesthesia at a freestanding surgery center or a surgeon’s office operating room, when the anesthesiologist departs soon after the case is finished. The patient enters the operating room at 0730 hours. The patient consents.

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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. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room. Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. Every hospital operating room is equipped with a computer connected to the internet. Love it or hate it, the EMR is here to stay.

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The Circulating Life

APRIL 18, 2022

To tell you how The Circulating Life began, I have to go back to my first day in the operating room. Although I considered myself an “experienced” nurse, I was not prepared for how different the operating room environment was from the bedside and outpatient areas where I had worked for the past 9 years.

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The Scrub Life

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Listen to New Episode HERE Come celebrate Halloween with The Scrub Life Podcast!

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MEDITEK

JANUARY 26, 2022

With so many options for premium operating tables, you may find it challenging to select a surgical table for your hospital. However, the operating tables market is growing and will reach US $1,043.41 With this forecasted growth rate, you need to know how to quickly find the best surgical tables for your operating room (OR).

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 1, 2024

Anesthesiologists are likely to have: A preference for being in an operating room rather than in a clinic. Most of the time an anesthesiologist works in the operating room. A busy surgeon may work in the operating room two or three days per week. Operating room medicine requires action.

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