Infection Control Today - Operating Room (OR)

Washington Surgeons Set New Guidelines for Patient Safety

Washington state surgeons and the Strong for Surgery program announce today the release of standardized guidelines for pre-operative care in the form of pre-surgical checklists. Strong for Surgery is issuing a set of checklists and tools available to all surgeons to use in ...More

January 17, 2013

Posted in News

AORN Sets Speaker Roster, Content Schedule for 2013 Congress

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses’ 2013 Congress, March 3-7 in San Diego, will focus on safe surgical practice, operating room management advances, and the newest products for surgery featuring more than 100 speakers and 500 surgical product exhibits. The ...More

January 16, 2013

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STERIS Corporation and Sonitor Technologies Sign Supplier Agreement

Sonitor Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of real time location system (RTLS) solutions, and STERIS Corporation have recently signed a non-exclusive agreement that assigns Sonitor Technologies as a selected RTLS supplier for STERIS’s RealView™ Visual Workflow ...More

January 7, 2013

Posted in News

Surgical Nurse Wins Volunteer Trip to Africa from Instruments of Mercy

A surgical nurse from Lone Tree, Colo., has won an all-expense paid opportunity to volunteer onboard the Africa Mercy, a hospital ship that provides life-changing surgeries for the medically underserved. Brenna Boespflug, RN, MSN, CNOR, won the scholarship sponsored by the ...More

January 2, 2013

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Johns Hopkins Malpractice Study Reveals Surgical 'Never Events' Occur at Least 4,000 Times Annually

After a cautious and rigorous analysis of national malpractice claims, Johns Hopkins patient safety researchers estimate that a surgeon in the United States leaves a foreign object such as a sponge or a towel inside a patient's body after an operation 39 times a week, ...More

December 19, 2012

Posted in News

Communications Training, Surgical Checklist Can Reduce Costly Postoperative Complications

As the nation grapples with surging healthcare costs, researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, and Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, have confirmed two simple cost-effective methods to reduce expensive postoperative ...More

December 5, 2012

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Cedars-Sinai Cuts Infection Rates by More Than 60 Percent After Developing Surgical Protocols

Surgical teams at Cedars-Sinai have reduced surgical site infections by more than 60 percent for patients who undergo colorectal procedures by introducing evidence-based protocols that are easy to follow and relatively low in cost. Surgeons, nurses, operating room staff and ...More

November 28, 2012

Posted in News

New Solutions Decrease Risk of Colorectal Surgical Site Infection

A project to reduce colorectal surgical site infections (SSIs) saved more than $3.7 million in costs for 135 avoided SSIs. The two-and-a-half year project included seven hospitals and was directed by the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare in collaboration ...More

November 28, 2012

Posted in News

SAFE Display from STERIS Provides Real-Time Patient Data

S.A.F.E. Situational Awareness for Everyone® Display from STERIS Corp. provides the operating room (OR) team with real-time, up-to-date, accurate patient data from disparate hospital sources. It helps optimize patient safety and workflow efficiency for every procedure. The ...More

November 13, 2012

Posted in News

CareFusion Launches New Preoperative Cleansing Program for In-Home Patient Use

CareFusion Corp. has unveiled a new preoperative cleansing program for patients that includes an industry-first, individualized reminder program that helps patients remember and follow a clinician's preoperative bathing instructions. Many organizations, including the ...More

November 13, 2012

Posted in News, PPE & Standard Precautions

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