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Repurposed credit card-sized technology improves and broadens use of diagnostic stool tests

The Stitch

Dried fecal spot technology provides reliable results on bile acid content in stool samples while offering the advantages of easier storage and shipping, reduced cost and improved safety.

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Experimental Design in Anesthesia Research

Radius Anesthesia

Sample Size The size of the sample in the study can directly influence the power of the experiment. A study with insufficient sample size may lack the power to detect a significant difference, even if one exists. However, the sample size must be adequate to detect clinically relevant differences.

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How Psychological State Affects the Operating Room (OR)

DFW Anesthesia Professionals

In the operating room (OR), teamwork is crucial for ensuring patient safety. Surgeons use a Polar S710i heart rate monitor for continuous tracking, and saliva samples for cortisol analysis are collected before and after each surgery.

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How “Surgery as Unusual” is Like Business as Unusual 

Goldfinch Health

It set the tone for transforming the company’s risk and safety culture. I used it again when I was calling workplace mental health and suicide prevention the next frontier in safety almost 15 years ago. The ERAS Society of the USA website provides sample standardized guidelines (protocols) for at least 21 distinct types of surgery.

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PATIENTS: IS IT SAFE FOR YOU TO HAVE SURGERY DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC AS OF MAY 2020?

The Anesthesia Consultant

The joint statement also said that “facilities should use available testing to protect staff and patient safety whenever possible and should implement a policy addressing requirements and frequency for patient and staff testing.”

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Bioburden and Biofilm: Know Your Enemy

Incision

Patient safety is at stake. The total number of viable microorganisms in a sample (or total viable count) is usually expressed in terms of colony forming units (or CFUs); the higher the count, the higher the burden. The twin concepts of bioburden and biofilm can strike fear into even the most battle-hardened of techs.

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NON-PHYSICIAN SURGICAL ASSISTANT UTILIZATION AND EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS – Luis F Aragon, CSA, LSA, RSA

NSAA

Having expert assistance can translate into shortening the time needed for anesthesia, increasing the safety of the procedure, reducing the surgical complication rates, and thus decreasing operating room costs. The potential cost direct savings would be between $8-$10 million dollars for the sampling of 15228 cases.