CNECT

JUNE 14, 2023

In ambulatory surgery centers, efficient operating rooms result in optimized schedules, higher patient volume, and streamlined operating processes. Facilities struggling with inefficiencies risk dangerous mistakes and longer operating times which can affect patient outcomes. What Causes Operating Room Inefficiencies?

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SurgicalPerformance

DECEMBER 2, 2015

The tube is a surgical device that is instrumental to performing a Total Laparoscopic Hysterectomy (TLH). It maintains the pneumoperitoneum during a laparoscopic procedure and allows surgeons to complete the entire operation laparoscopically; and it also allows gynaecological surgeons to suture the… Source

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Endovision

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

Surgical smoke is a by-product of energy-based surgical instruments. Any procedure that is done with the use of a surgical device used to cut, desiccate, and ablate tissue can produce surgical smoke when tissues vaporise.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Video laparoscopy surgical equipment and the longer operating times were increased expenses, but the advantages of outpatient surgery and quicker recovery made the new technique the standard of care for many surgeries within the abdomen. Robot surgeries take up more of an operating room’s most precious resource—time.

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Trocar Supplies

MAY 3, 2023

The reprocessing of surgical instruments begins with cleaning. Cleaning is essential in preventing dust and dirt, organisms, bacteria, viruses, and fungi from entering the sterile field of an operating room and consequently, your body. Rinsing/Pre-Cleaning Cleaning begins in the surgical theater or the treatment room.

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Trocar Supplies

JUNE 6, 2022

A trocar is a versatile, specialized surgical device that proves useful in a variety of procedures. Maintaining air pressure inside the body is essential to the surgeon's ability to visualize the tissues being operated on. They are best known for their application in laparoscopic (also known as keyhole) surgery.

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