The Circulating Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Happy Perioperative Nurses Week! I’ve been an OR nurse for 12 years, and I absolutely love working in the OR. Since we’re celebrating this week, here are 12 reasons why I love working in the operating room. 1 – Scrub Caps Scrub caps serve a valid purpose in the operating room, for sure.

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

These surgeries often involve the heart, lungs, esophagus, and other organs within the chest cavity. Their expertise ensures that surgeries are performed efficiently, safely, and with the highest level of precision. Their expertise ensures that surgeries are performed efficiently, safely, and with the highest level of precision.

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Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

If you were consolidating five disparate sites of care into a new 12-OR surgery center, what would you do to set it up for success? Luke’s wanted the surgery center to run with the operational mentality of an ambulatory surgery center (ASC). Through their work, they helped St. Crucially, Sullivan helped the St.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

JANUARY 9, 2025

In the fast-paced world of surgery, efficiency isnt just a luxuryits a necessity. 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. Why Choose a Staffing Agency?

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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. The American Journal of Surgery, vol. 1] Arora et al. Arora et al.

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walkerproject

JANUARY 20, 2021

Melcher , Senior Medical Expert walkerproject ag, specialist in surgery, focus on visceral surgery, general and trauma surgery. The operating room area is confronted with a variety of challenges in everyday life. In addition, the influence of hospital administration on this platform is also increasingly visible.

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MEDITEK

JULY 23, 2024

Visible Light Disinfection (VLD) is an LED lighting technology that safely and continuously disinfects an operating room at a much more effective rate than current environmental disinfection methods. VLD is safe, effective, and requires no special clinician training or consumables to operate. Let us elaborate.

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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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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. A patient has just been brought in and needs emergency coronary bypass surgery. The post 3 Roles of OR Nurses appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

including pediatric open heart surgery, and pediatric surgery involving major blood loss). In 2021 a nurse anesthetist publication looked at the use of Google Glass by seven nurse anesthetists for display of the vital signs monitor , but there were no quantitative data to examine the significance of the technology.

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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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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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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

JAMA Surgery published the study “ Association of Anesthesiologist Staffing Ratio With Surgical Patient Morbidity and Mortality ” on July 22, 2022. From a very large initial data set of 3,624,399 operations, the University of Michigan authors calculated the staffing ratio of physician anesthesiologist: CRNA for each operation.

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Somnia

JULY 7, 2025

Surgical care remains one of the most significant drivers of overall hospital cost—yet the medical readiness of complex surgical patients is often overlooked in financial and operational planning. Ideally, a surgical plan should begin when a patient is first identified as needing surgery and continue until fully recovered from surgery.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

DECEMBER 27, 2024

As the healthcare industry grows, these professionals play an increasingly critical role in ensuring successful surgeries. By combining their expertise, surgeries can become more efficient, outcomes can improve, and healthcare facilities can operate seamlessly. Cost-effective staffing options to ensure efficient operations.

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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. Non-emergency surgery may be delayed for days, weeks, or longer. Command centers will likely allow professionals to supervise an increased number of locations safely in the operating room.

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SpecialtyCare

MARCH 15, 2025

Hospital surgical support encompasses a wide range of specialized services designed to assist surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses in performing successful surgical procedures. Intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) is a real-time monitoring technique that helps protect a patients nervous system during surgery. Why Is IONM Important?

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Neurosurgery

JUNE 26, 2025

His career was shaped by his neurosurgical training at Thomas Jefferson University, where he developed a passion for cerebrovascular surgery under the guidance of Dr. William Buchheit. He would show off the anatomy of a procedure to the entire operating room, explaining everything on the screen while mentoring the residents.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Spine surgeries are intricate, demanding procedures that require the precision of a well-coordinated surgical team. Surgical Assistants, Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs), and Physician Assistants (PAs) are indispensable members of this team. Here’s a closer look at how they contribute to the success of spine surgeries.

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The Circulating Life

JULY 24, 2023

I have been approved to serve on a surgical mission trip to Honduras through One World Surgery ! I firmly believe in giving back, and the longer that I have worked in the operating room, the more I have felt called to give back by participating in surgical missions. Why One World Surgery? It’s going to be busy!

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Picis

APRIL 8, 2024

Surgery scheduling can often feel like navigating a complex maze. The key is finding the balance between optimizing operating room utilization and maintaining staff well-being. Understanding the Challenges One primary challenge in surgery scheduling is the unpredictable nature of surgical demands.

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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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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

MARCH 20, 2023

As the demand for surgical procedures continues to increase, so too does the need for qualified surgical assistants in the operating room (OR). However, many surgery centers face the challenge of high recruitment and training costs for these essential members of the surgical team.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 13, 2020

An important question for many Americans is, “Is it safe for me to have surgery during this COVID pandemic?” The main questions as to whether a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center can resume elective surgery as of May 2020 are: What is the incidence of COVID-19 in your geographic area? It depends.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Almost every anesthesiologist in America has experience with surgery using the da Vinci robot system. Is robot surgery a miraculous futuristic device that advances surgery to a higher plain? Until the 1990s most abdominal surgery was done through an open incision. To answer these questions let’s first review some history.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

APRIL 5, 2023

At Platinum Medical Staffing, we understand the crucial role that surgical assistants play in the operating room, and the importance of having a reliable and qualified team to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients. Contact us today to learn more about how we can help your surgery center thrive.

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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

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Anesthesia is not the career for you if you like to sleep late—surgery always begins at 0730 hours). Empty Operating Room 0655 hours—You don a bouffant hat and a facemask, and enter your operating room. Your hospital contains multiple operating rooms, and today you are in room #10.

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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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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

CardioPulmonary Resuscitation in the Operating Room The Stanford Emergency Manual has become an essential reference for anesthesiologists. One can also order a laminated 8½ x 11½-inch version of the Manual to hang in each operating room. A printable version of the Stanford Emergency Manual is available online for free.

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Pima Medical Institute

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

The fast-paced world of hospitals and surgery centers rely on the surgical team to ensure safe and successful outcomes. Surgical Technicians : Surgical technicians, on the other hand, typically undergo a shorter educational program focused on basic skills required to assist in surgeries. Surgical Technologists and Surgical Technicians.

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Concordia Anesthesiology

AUGUST 30, 2021

Without a doubt, the operating room (OR) brings in the lion’s share of a hospital’s revenue, amounting to as much as 70% or more. Still, with the OR a prime revenue-generator for any hospital, its operation should be scrutinized to see where cost-savings might be implemented. improve efficiencies 2. add revenue streams 3.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 25, 2021

A doctor or a nurse? The medical center previously had an anesthesia staff that included both MDs and CRNAs (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists). A quote from the Medscape article read: “Adam Dachman, MD, a surgeon at the hospital, speaking for himself, said he has no problem using nurse anesthetists. In a word, no.

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American Surgical Professionals

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

19, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ A merican Surgical Professionals, a surgical staffing company, announces the launch of two additional services for the operating room; Outsourcing Solutions and Locum Tenens. ” Outsourcing Solutions can reduce operating costs by 25-40% without sacrificing the quality of care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The patient must wake up (when the surgery is over). Surgeons work with physician anesthesiologists, with certified nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), or with an anesthesia care team that includes both physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs. Anesthesiologists typically spend 90+% of their working hours in the operating room.

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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The healthcare industry is always evolving, and one trend making waves is the increasing demand for surgical assistants and Registered Nurse First Assistants (RNFAs) through staffing agencies. As hospitals and surgery centers face tighter budgets and rising patient loads, the need for highly skilled surgical support is greater than ever.

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