Caresyntax

JANUARY 13, 2025

Headquartered inSan Franciscoin the US and internationally inBerlin, Caresyntax software is used in more than 4,200 operating rooms worldwide and supports surgical teams in more than three million procedures per year. About Caresyntax: Caresyntax is on a mission to make surgery smarter and safer. Billion spent annually (U.S.)

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SpecialtyCare

JUNE 28, 2025

Understanding and implementing SPD best practices isn’t just about meeting requirements—it’s about creating a culture of excellence that permeates every aspect of sterile processing operations.

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

A Cardiothoracic Surgical First Assistant is a specialized surgical professional who provides direct assistance to the surgeon during cardiothoracic procedures. Their contributions are vital to the success of complex procedures like coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve repair or replacement, lung resections, and heart transplants.

Surgical First Assistant

SpecialtyCare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This evolution has led to a growing demand for skilled professionals specializing in minimally invasive surgical support, ensuring these advanced procedures are conducted safely and efficiently. Inventory Management: Managing surgical instruments and supplies to ensure availability and proper functioning during procedures.

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SpecialtyCare

JULY 27, 2025

Improve Inventory Management Specialized software systems provide comprehensive instrument tracking from point-of-use through reprocessing, integration with operating room scheduling systems, and analytics to identify optimization opportunities.

Sterile

Somnia

JULY 7, 2025

She undergoes an “uncomplicated procedure” and is discharged home. Moreover, these unrecognized or underrecognized secondary diagnoses reduce operating room efficiency by leading to cause delays and cancellations.

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Picis

JUNE 19, 2025

Operational efficiency is paramount in operating rooms (ORs), where every second counts and resources must be optimized to ensure the best possible patient outcomes. Enter OR Manager – a comprehensive solution designed to enhance productivity and streamline operations in OR settings.

OR Manager

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. SpecialtyCare employs highly trained surgical neurophysiologists to monitor nerve activity during procedures. Why Is It Important?

Hospital

SpecialtyCare

JUNE 13, 2025

The sterile processing department workflow encompasses every step from the moment contaminated instruments leave the operating room to their return as sterile, ready-to-use surgical tools. Let us help you create a sterile processing department workflow that exceeds expectations and delivers exceptional results.

Sterile

SpecialtyCare

JULY 17, 2025

Operating room turnover was long, surgical complexity was high, and everything ran on what the team fondly called “Nigerian time.” Supplies were sparse—only a few oxygenators, no cell saver, and missing accessories like proper holders for some oxygenators (bungee cords if needed). Hemoconcentrators? They improvised using dialyzers.

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SpecialtyCare

JANUARY 12, 2025

With state-of-the-art equipment and robust training programs, our IONM services deliver unmatched reliability and precision, giving surgeons the confidence to perform complex procedures. Consistent availability minimizes disruptions during critical procedures. Why It Works: Real-time monitoring prevents irreversible nerve injuries.

Surgical Assisting

Incredible Health

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

Surgical techs play a vital role in the operating room, ensuring things run safely and smoothly from start to finish. To help you prepare, weve compiled […] The post Most Common Surgical Technician Interview Questions (And How to Answer Them) appeared first on Incredible Health.

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Neurosurgery

JUNE 26, 2025

He was a master surgeon who delighted in performing rigorous cerebrovascular procedures, especially microvascular decompressions for trigeminal neuralgia and hemifacial spasm. 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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Caresyntax

JULY 31, 2025

As healthcare organizations increasingly modernize their operating rooms (ORs), a crucial technical decision must be made: should the video infrastructure rely on traditional SDI (Serial Digital Interface) or transition to Video over IP (Internet Protocol)?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 6, 2025

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? The Captain of the Ship doctrine was a 20 th century legal doctrine which held that, in an operating room, the surgeon was “liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation.”

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Caresyntax

JULY 15, 2025

His deep knowledge of our customers and ability to scale complex organizations will be essential as Caresyntax advances its mission to make surgery safer, smarter, and more connected.” As Caresyntax President, Krueger led the company’s expansion to over 4,200 operating rooms globally and helped secure major hospital and technology partnerships.

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Concordia Anesthesiology

OCTOBER 12, 2021

link] Efficient Case Scheduling - Secret to a Well-Run OR Operating room costs can be categorized as fixed or variable. Variable costs are largely driven by caseload and associated labor costs that occur outside of normal operational hours. While the procedure may require the use of available equipment (CT, MRI, etc.)

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Bender

JANUARY 24, 2020

According to The Healthcare Facilities Code ( NFPA 99 ), circuits in “Wet Procedure Locations” shall be supplied by either an Isolated Power Systems (IPS) or a Grounded Power system with Class-A GFCIs. This means that unless a risk assessment is conducted, then operating rooms are considered to be wet procedure locations by default.

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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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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

AUGUST 31, 2024

and Virginia, these professionals are the backbone of the operating room. Their expertise ensures that every procedure is performed smoothly and successfully. Our professionals are trained to seamlessly integrate into any surgical team, enhancing efficiency and contributing to the overall success of each procedure.

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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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Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Operating Room (OR) nurses, also known as perioperative nurses, play an essential role in surgeries. OR nurses are the backbone of the operating room, advocating for patients and supporting the entire surgical team. These programs focus on surgical procedures, sterile techniques, patient safety, and perioperative care.

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USMD Health System

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Many types of procedures can be performed in a hybrid operating room, including minimally invasive treatment. Discover your options for surgery today.

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NVIDIA: Healthcare

MARCH 18, 2024

AI — already used to connect, analyze and offer predictions based on operating room data — will be critical to the future of surgery, boosting operating room efficiency and clinical decision-making. NVIDIA supports the IGX software stack with NVIDIA AI Enterprise , the enterprise operating system for production-grade AI.

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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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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. Arora et al. The American Journal of Surgery, vol. 24–30, [link] 2.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Placing a catheter into the tiny radial artery in a child’s wrist is one of the most difficult procedures in our specialty. Wearing smart glasses improved the anesthesiologist’s first-attempt success rate, and reduced the procedure time and complication rates. The average internal diameter of the radial artery is 1.2 ± 0.3

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The Circulating Life

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

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. 5 – Scrubbing I wasn’t taught to scrub when I started in the operating room. We get to see and do SO MUCH!

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BFW Inc.

DECEMBER 15, 2022

All aspects of medical procedures require efficiency, safety and effectiveness and it is not surprising that appropriate and sufficient lighting is a critical component to success. Brighter is Not Always Better Surgeons require clear visibility of a surgical site, especially when operating in small, deep cavities.

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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. Yes, it does.

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Transforming Outcomes

JUNE 26, 2020

When you think of the operating room (OR), what comes to mind? I first learned how to scrub – setting up the instruments and handing them to the surgeon during the procedure – and then I moved into circulating, a more typical RN role of providing direct patient care before, during and after the procedure.

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EARN Cares

MARCH 24, 2022

The operating room (OR) is a team based unit where patients undergo surgical procedures. This means that they understand the different types of procedures, required surgical equipment for each procedure, and know how to prepare the OR for surgery. Surgical nursing is unlike any other nursing specialty or unit.

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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. Evolution of Procedures and Procedural Areas Procedures that used to be hospital-based have increasingly moved into outpatient settings and physician’s offices. Imagine this: It’s the year 2034.

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NVIDIA: Healthcare

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Medical-device company Invenio Imaging is developing technology that enables surgeons to evaluate tissue biopsies in the operating room, immediately after samples are collected — providing in just three minutes AI-accelerated insights that would otherwise take weeks to obtain from a pathology lab. and Europe.

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Caresyntax

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Currently, the platform supports 30,000 surgical professionals in 3,000 operating rooms globally, assisting in more than 3 million surgeries annually. The award was granted following an extensive evaluation of Caresyntax’s systems in leading hospitals across Germany and the EU.

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MEDITEK

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

We know how crucial it is for your surgical room to run smoothly, and a well-designed OR that can meet the demands of modern procedures is the key to success. Boom systems are the beating heart of all operating rooms , playing a paramount role during the most tender and complex moments. How did we choose the name Syndeo

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