Operating Room (OR)

The Importance of SPD and OR Working Together

One cannot deny the purpose and role of the sterile processing department (SPD) in the hospital. This is especially true if you work in the operating room (OR). Still, the importance of SPD is often forgotten until a problem during a surgical case arises. Healthcare workers ...More
April 27, 2010
Posted in Articles
Spend the System 1 Transition Time Wisely, Experts Advise

For an update on the System 1 situation since this article went to press in the May issue of ICT, CLICK HERE.Hospitals are scrambling to transition away from the STERIS System 1 processor (SS1) to legally marketed alternatives, as mandated by the Food and Drug ...More
April 26, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
Reprocessing Highlighted as a Key Strategy for Greening the OR at Healthcare Symposium

Ascent, a leader in delivering healthcare resource sustainability, announces its sponsorship of a new initiative from Practice Greenhealth. The “Symposium for Greening the OR,” taking place April 27, 2010 in Scottsdale, Ariz., is the first phase of the ...More
April 1, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
AORN and 3M Accepting Submissions for Perioperative Hand Hygiene Champions Award

As an extension of the well -received “It’s In Your Hands” Campaign to recognize the contribution of perioperative professionals who adhere to good hand hygiene practices, 3M and the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) today announced the ...More
March 25, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
3M and AORN Announce Billings Clinic Winner of ''It's in Your Hands'' Hand Hygiene YouTube Video Contest

With a video featuring healthcare professionals demonstrating hand hygiene practices while singing a version of the Hokey Pokey, Billings Clinic of Billings, Mont., was named the winner of the "It's in Your Hands" YouTube video contest, sponsored by 3M and the Association ...More
March 17, 2010
Posted in News, Hand Hygiene
AORN Recommending Facility Laundering of Surgical Attire

In a session held at the 57th annual AORN Congress today, Melanie Braswell, a member of AORN's recommended practices review committee, introduced the 10 recommendations AORN is making regarding surgical attire, updated from the previous seven recommendations. ...More
March 15, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization, PPE & Standard Precautions
ASP’s OR Solution Premieres at the 57th Annual AORN Congress

Raising the standards of care in the operating room by transitioning from “just-in-time” to terminal sterilization can now be achieved conveniently and effectively with the new Operating Room (OR) Solution from Advanced Sterilization Products (ASP). Now, ...More
March 15, 2010
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
AORN Opens Surgical Attire Recommended Practice for Public Comment

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses announces that its "Recommended Practices for Surgical Attire" is open for public comment through April 11, 2010. For more information, CLICK HERE. ...More
March 3, 2010
Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions
OR Doors are Open for Collaboration

An operating room nurse is not an infection preventionist and of course, the reverse is also true. But when these professionals come together with their respective experience and knowledge, when they collaborate and share responsibility for the care of every patient, the ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in Articles
OR and SP Riding the Wave in the Perfect Storm

Sterile processing (SP) and operating room (OR) staff once “lived” in separate worlds, rarely working or communicating. They were on two different islands. However, there is a tidal wave of issues causing “the perfect storm” that is requiring these ...More
February 24, 2010
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization