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. Assessment of Stress and Teamwork in the Operating Room: An Exploratory Study.”

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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. But they’re also SO convenient!

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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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LeanBlog

JANUARY 26, 2024

Operational Excellence, Improvement, and Innovation Your employees have good ideas. In October 2023, Nova Scotia provided an open challenge to healthcare employees to come up […] The post Ryan McCormack’s Operational Excellence Mixtape: January 26, 2024 by Ryan McCormack appeared first at Lean Blog. Just ask them.

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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. Fixed costs include such things as a mortgage, administration, and salaried employee costs.

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MEDITEK

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

Our surgical equipment experts are knowledgeable about the needs of ORs and can help create a harmonious flow in the operating room. The operating room ceiling system is one of the most important (and expensive) pieces of real estate in your facility. Please note there could be other OR ceiling systems not listed in this article.

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The Anesthesia Blog

MARCH 15, 2023

set the results in the context of the US opioid epidemic and provide seven principles for effective acute peri-operative pain management. The associated editorial from Bicket et al. The solutions provided might not be simple and they go far beyond substituting one drug for another, but they do make sense. This new pilot RCT from Chuan et al.

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NVIDIA: Healthcare

OCTOBER 5, 2023

Just as athletes train for a game or actors rehearse for a performance, surgeons prepare ahead of an operation. The accuracy of the physical properties helps to recreate the experience we have in the real world during an operation.” Each approach links out to the Atlas website, which includes a written tutorial of the operative plan.

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RK.MD

MAY 3, 2024

In this fluoroscopy clip, one appreciates that attempting to remove a Swan-Ganz catheter results in traction near the cavoatrial junction. Ultimately, the Swan had to be removed through a small right atriotomy revealing that the catheter was trapped by a stitch.

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Endovision

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Operating rooms are incredibly stressful and complex environments to work in. Spending long hours doing intricate work where the balance of one’s life hangs upon your hands can affect your health psychologically and physically. Burnout is a prevalent occurrence amongst …

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LeanBlog

JANUARY 12, 2024

News, articles, books, podcasts, and videos about how to make the workplace better.

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BFW Inc.

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Brighter is Not Always Better Surgeons require clear visibility of a surgical site, especially when operating in small, deep cavities. Augmenting overhead operating room lighting with surgical headlights provides surgeons optimal illumination of the surgical site at all times, while minimizing shadows within the cavity.

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Anaesthesia News

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

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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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SpecialtyCare

AUGUST 25, 2023

His presentation, “May 6, 1953, Operative Report: Closure of a large interatrial septal defect…easily closed” honors the pioneers and how scholarship leads to insights. The post Perfusion Webinar Series: “May 6, 1953, Operative Report: Closure of a large interatrial septal defect…easily closed” appeared first on SpecialtyCare.

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MEDITEK

JANUARY 26, 2022

With so many options for premium operating tables, you may find it challenging to select a surgical table for your hospital. However, the operating tables market is growing and will reach US $1,043.41 With this forecasted growth rate, you need to know how to quickly find the best surgical tables for your operating room (OR).

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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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ADLINK Technology

JULY 27, 2020

A look at how technological innovation has changed the OR as we know it today When a surgical team enters an operating room in 2020 to provide a patient with life-saving care, they follow streamlined, data-based processes supported by advanced technologies. But it hasn’t been that way for most of history. Take a look at […]>

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Perioperative Consulting

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

One of the most frequent problems in the operating room is maintaining on-time starts. The percentage of on-time starts has varied from a low of 3% to a high of over 90%. Typically, the percentage averages 50% or below.

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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. Watch Webinar The post 5 Reasons Every Operating Room Needs a Camera appeared first on BFW Inc.

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Clemson

MAY 28, 2022

Multiple studies over the course of the project have examined a human centered approach to designing preoperative and post-operative spaces in ASCs. The spatial layout, furniture, and equipment of these work spaces should support patient, care partner and staff experiences within the context of emerging technologies and models of care.

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BFW Inc.

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

New surgical technology is allowing doctors to increase efficiency and safety, by guiding their movements and offering unprecedented access to information in the operating room. With access to more real-time information and high-tech equipment, surgeons can operate with more dexterity and greater precision than ever before.

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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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Bender

AUGUST 16, 2021

Historically, a prevailing argument against the use of isolated power systems (IPS) in operating rooms is the alleged cost differential between an IPS and a grounded power system (GPS).

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Bender

JANUARY 24, 2020

This states operating rooms are considered to be a wet procedure location unless a risk assessment conducted by the health care governing body determines otherwise. 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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MEDITEK

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The operating room is an overwhelming, busy place, especially when the overarching goal is to save lives. 3 As an operating room manager, you know firsthand how challenging it is to run an OR, but throw in some inadequate surgical equipment, and your entire OR can shut down. 1 This is staggering.

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HealthLinx: Surgical Services

MARCH 22, 2018

Download This Case Study Please enter your information below to access: First Name * Last Name * Email * Hospital * Δ The post Operating Room Project Director appeared first on HealthLinx.

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Bender

JULY 15, 2020

How to protect patients and hospital staff from electrical hazards In order to have a healthy appreciation of the electrical hazards in an operating room, we must assume and understand that the patient laying on the OR (operating room) table is connected to the ground and therefore a part of the electrical ground system in the operating room.

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Bender

MARCH 15, 2021

In the beginning of 2020, Bender was contacted to test the Isolated Power Systems (IPS) that were used to provide power to nine operating rooms in two large Canadian hospitals. The panels required testing because the associated Line Isolation Monitor (LIM) that was monitoring the IPS was not responding to any tests.

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Incision

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A Partnership for Patient Care The Operating Room (OR) and the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) are two pillars that hold up the complex structure of frontline surgical care. They're an integral part of the surgical team, working hard to ensure that every operation has the best possible outcome. Let's embrace the 4.5

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NSAA

MARCH 28, 2023

[link] The post Can a surgical assistant be a catalyst for efficiency in the operating room? appeared first on NSAA | National Surgical Assistant Association.

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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.

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RNnetwork: Operating Room

JUNE 16, 2015

If you crave being on the front lines of patient care, consider becoming an operating room nurse. The post Travel Nursing: Operating Room (OR) appeared first on RNnetwork - Travel Nursing Blog. OR nursing (also known as perioperative nursing) involves caring for patients before, during and after surgery.

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LiveData

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

This recruitment isn't just about improving the operating room; it influences patient care and outcomes, which are central to a hospital's mission. In today's healthcare environment, hospitals vie for the best surgical talent.

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OpFlow

JULY 22, 2021

Submitted to Operations Research manuscript OPRE-2021-06-370 Vinayak Deshpande, PhD Nishanth Mundru, PhD Sandeep Rath, PhD Martyn Knowles, MD, MBA, FACS Benjamin C. Wood, MD, MBA, FACS ABSTRACT Surgical procedures account for over 60% of the operating cost of a hospital.

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SurgicalPerformance

AUGUST 17, 2015

Patients can perceive trainee involvement in their surgery as a potential detriment to receiving high-quality health care. Each surgical trainee must move beyond the assistant role to primary, then independent surgeon, and this is accomplished through hands-on experience.

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American Surgical Professionals

JANUARY 15, 2019

French has been named Vice President of Surgical Operations, reporting to Thomas Kirk , Chairman and CEO. French brings almost 20 years of hospital, medical group and alternative healthcare delivery venue operations as well as a track record of successful business development to this position.

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