SpecialtyCare

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Professionals in this field are responsible for: Preparation and Maintenance of Equipment: Setting up, troubleshooting, and maintaining all minimally invasive equipment, including video systems and viewing towers, before, during, and after surgeries.

Operating Room

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. Assisting with patient positioning and sterile draping. Handling and passing surgical instruments to the surgeon.

Surgical First Assistant

SpecialtyCare

JUNE 9, 2025

The sterile processing department (SPD) and the OR work hand in hand, but they don’t always see eye to eye. Gregg is our Vice President for Service Lines Sales, and Marcy Konja leads and manages our sterile processing business. We need to create a culture where OR staff feel comfortable communicating issues with sterile processing.

Communication

SpecialtyCare

MARCH 15, 2025

Sterile Processing and Instrument Sterilization 4. 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. Supports the heart and lungs during major surgeries.

Hospital

SpecialtyCare

JANUARY 12, 2025

Sterile Processing Solutions Why It Works: 3. Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) SpecialtyCares intraoperative neuromonitoring is among their most important ancillary care services, as it ensures patient safety during surgeries involving the nervous system. Supports faster recovery times post-surgery.

Surgical Assistant

OR Manager

JUNE 30, 2025

Imagine an innovative, safe, and highly efficient OR not confined by walls but on wheels—crossing rugged terrains, bustling cities, and disaster-stricken areas to deliver life-saving surgical care in More » The post Mobile ORs can change the game, bridge gaps in surgical care appeared first on OR Manager.

OR Manager

SpecialtyCare

JUNE 21, 2025

Table of Contents Discover Rewarding Career Opportunities in Sterile Processing Why Choose Career Opportunities in Sterile Processing? As surgical procedures continue to increase and infection prevention becomes increasingly critical, career opportunities in sterile processing are expanding rapidly across the country.

Sterile

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Sterile processing is boring. After all, if something particularly exciting happens in your facility’s sterile processing department (SPD), it’s most likely a sign that things aren’t going well. And when a sterile processing department can do that, they can ensure an elite level of patient safety and satisfaction.

Sterile

OR Manager

AUGUST 28, 2024

For many in the healthcare industry, imagining surgery without onsite sterile processing seems unthinkable. Then again, performing total joints in an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) was unthinkable 10 years More » The post Offsite sterilization fuels onsite efficiency for lean ASCs appeared first on OR Manager.

Sterile

SpecialtyCare

APRIL 15, 2025

Defining quality in the sterile processing department (SPD) is a challenge for many healthcare organizations and hospitals. Most of the time spent on sterile processing is not about improvement but about fighting turnover and doing damage control when delays or errors occur. So what should be prioritized for the sake of this outcome?

Sterile

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

During the surgery, the surgeon makes a small incision and removes part of the disc to relieve pain and improve mobility. This procedure is common in spinal surgeries and offers fast recovery times for patients. To learn more about lumbar discectomy and other spine surgeries, check out this comprehensive guide on spine surgery.

Surgical Assistant

OpFlow

OCTOBER 19, 2020

As part of a larger, hospital-wide project, this 3-month data collection and analytics-driven tray rationalization process on two high usage instrument trays used by the plastic surgery service line at UNC Rex Hospital yielded impressive results. of instruments were removed from the General Plastics tray and 36.7% return to publications

Surgery

OR Manager

JUNE 23, 2024

Reforming instrument reprocessing practices does not always end with the main sterile processing department (SPD). Holding clinics to the same standard adds to the challenge, whether they are associated with More » The post Scaling standards from sterile processing department to clinic appeared first on OR Manager.

Sterile

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Cardiovascular surgery is one of the most complex and high-stakes fields in medicine. Their role is crucial for ensuring a smooth operation, but what exactly do they do, and why are they so essential in cardiovascular surgeries? What is a Surgical Assistant’s Role in Cardiovascular Surgery?

Surgical Assistant

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Operating Room (OR) nurses, also known as perioperative nurses, play an essential role in surgeries. They are responsible for maintaining a sterile environment, assisting surgeons, and ensuring patient safety throughout the surgical process.

Operating Room

BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The Daymark Victory surgical headlight stands out with its innovative airflow design, which directs air upwards and away from the sterile field. This makes Daymark Victory a valuable addition to any surgical facility by offering advanced technology and practical benefits that enhance both performance and safety.

Surgical Site

SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

The sterile processing department (SPD) and the OR work hand in hand, but communication between the two can be disjointed and incomplete, resulting in unnecessary waste and preventable errors. OR Manager recommends a committee specifically to handle challenges such as when to use immediate-use steam sterilization. #4

Communication

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2024

Regardless of what direction your ASC takes to bring surgeons on board, they should have a proven track record in outpatient surgery or prior experience in an ASC. Nursing Staff In addition to surgical staff, your ASC will need to hire nurses to prepare patients for surgery.

Surgery

Jalal Surgical

DECEMBER 5, 2023

What Is CIRCUMCISION sURGERY? Circumcision surgery is a medical procedure that involves the removal of the foreskin , the fold of skin covering the head (glans) of the penis. The surgery can be carried out in various ways, with techniques such as the Gomco clamp, the Plastibell device, and the Mogen clamp being commonly employed.

Incision

OpFlow

DECEMBER 9, 2021

They have consistently demonstrated low usage (typically less than 20-30%) of instruments that are opened for a given surgery. Many of those articles, as well as other editorials, have described the implications of the problem, not the least of which are the financial, but also effects on personnel, processing quality and patient safety.

Surgical Instruments

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

AUGUST 29, 2024

In the highly specialized field of plastic surgery, having a reliable and skilled team is essential to delivering top-notch results and ensuring patient safety. Their responsibilities include: Preoperative Preparation: Ensuring the operating room is ready, sterilizing instruments, and preparing patients for surgery.

Surgical Assistant

The Circulating Life

OCTOBER 10, 2022

I’m frustrated with the sterile processing department (SPD). Priorities Surgery requires sterile instruments. But when you look at what gets priority within the department, is it the surgery itself, or is it what we need to make that operation a success? Without surgery and sterile procedures, SPD is unnecessary.

Sterile

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Trans abdominal flaps, commonly used in breast reconstruction procedures, are intricate surgeries that demand precision and teamwork, for plastic surgeons performing these complex operations, having a skilled surgical assistant can significantly enhance the procedure’s success and efficiency. Learn more about our services here.

Surgical Assistant

OR Manager

MAY 23, 2024

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play an increasingly crucial role in delivering outpatient surgical care that is efficient, effective, and—most importantly—safe. As the ASC sector continues to grow and More » The post Surgery center culture must prioritize cleaning, hand hygiene appeared first on OR Manager.

Surgery

Platinum Meidcal Staffing

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Traverse rectus abdominal muscle, flap (TRAM Flap), commonly used in breast reconstruction procedures, are intricate surgeries that demand precision and teamwork; for plastic surgeons performing these complex operations, having a skilled surgical assistant can significantly enhance the procedure’s success and efficiency.

Surgical Assistant

SpecialtyCare

OCTOBER 12, 2024

You’ll play a role in life-saving surgeries, crucial monitoring during operations, and other tasks that ensure better health outcomes for patients nationwide. Here are some of the career paths available: Surgical Neurophysiology : As a Surgical Neurophysiologist, you’ll work with surgical teams to monitor the nervous system during surgeries.

Sterile

Jalal Surgical

DECEMBER 17, 2022

While performing surgery, dissecting forceps are used to handle tissues and other materials and control needles and other devices. Plastic forceps for sponges can be used to grip and hold sponges and swabs throughout surgery and exams. During surgeries and exams, plastic sponge forceps hold and grasp sponges and swabs.

Sterile

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

If your portfolio is looking for an acquisition positioned to leverage emerging trends in healthcare and deliver sustainable growth, investing in an Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) could be the perfect fit. Finding a profitable, well-run and compliant ASC suitable for investment can be a challenge. We can help you move forward.

Surgery

Incision

JANUARY 29, 2024

Think surg techs not talking to sterile processing, anesthesiology not talking to recovery, surgeons not talking to anyone… Over time, behaviors develop to support the aims of the team itself, rather than the organization as a whole. Both kinds of silo — structural and individual — resonate strongly in the world of surgery.

Surgery

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.

Operating Room

BFW Inc.

JUNE 17, 2021

COVID-19 puts additional strain on hospital resources, due to the increased focus on sterilization and overcapacity of ICUs – improving hospital efficiency is a critical focus in response to these issues. In particular, better management of sterile instruments produces significant cost savings for hospitals.

Hospital

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. World Journal of Surgery, vol. Arora et al.

Operating Room

BFW Inc.

AUGUST 11, 2021

So it should come as no surprise that — in a study of surgeons in low-resource settings — an incredible 80% reported that the quality of their surgical lights represents a patient safety risk. Low-quality lighting in the OR is a dangerous and avoidable hindrance to surgical procedures that can contribute to: Poor surgery outcomes.

Surgical Site

Jalal Surgical

DECEMBER 9, 2023

What is the meaning of Spine Surgery? Spinal surgery is a medical procedure performed to address various conditions affecting the spine , including herniated discs, spinal stenosis, and deformities. Spine surgery’s primary goal is to relieve pain, increase mobility, and improve the overall function of your spine.

Surgical Instruments

The Anesthesia Consultant

MARCH 22, 2023

Because the spaceship is more than 200 days away from Earth, the physicians instruct the crew to proceed with surgery and anesthesia in outer space. How will astronauts conduct general anesthesia and surgery in outer space? Is an anesthesiologist required on board? The domes are held in that shape because of surface tension.

Anesthesia

BFW Inc.

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Optimize Care Synchronization and Communication In the operating room, clear communication and seamless coordination are required to perform safe, successful surgeries. This provides the entire team full visibility of every step of the surgery and immediate awareness of any complications or deviations from protocol.

Operating Room

SpecialtyCare

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Many studies have shown that error tracking and a safety culture of reporting can significantly reduce the number of incidents coming out of the SPD. One particular study in BMJ Quality and Safety showed that SPD errors were affecting 5% of surgical cases , and once the root causes were identified, significant improvements were made.

Collaboration