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. Missing or misplaced surgical supplies.

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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.

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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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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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