Operating Room (OR)

Advocacy Group Seeks Ban on Cadaver Brain Tissue Use

WASHINGTON, DC-The Public Citizen Health Research Group is asking officials from the Food and Drug Administration to prevent physicians from using cadaver brain tissue in surgeries. They argue this practice is responsible for transmitting the genetic form of ...More
August 16, 2001
Posted in News
Assessing the Risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Assessing the Risk of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease By Lawrence F. Muscarella, Ph.D. Several recent reports have highlighted confusion, fear, and frustration over the possible transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) during surgery. The ethical, legal, and financial ...More
August 1, 2001
Posted in Articles, Disinfection & Sterilization
AORN Links with Unibased Systems

DENVER, Co-The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has decided to incorporate the nursing data set with Unibased Systems Architecture (USA). The standardized nursing vocabulary developed by AORN identifies data elements and nursing language common to ...More
April 26, 2001
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Leadership at AORN Changes

DENVER, Colo-Sheila L. Allen, RN, BSN, CNOR, CRNFA, became the national president of Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) at the association's 48th annual congress in Dallas last month. Allen, who is currently a staff nurse at Baton Rouge General Medical ...More
April 9, 2001
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VAL MED Links Up with Surgical Instrument Maker

DALLAS, Tex-Surgical suite designer Val Med has signed a marketing agreement with ConMEd Corporation and its subsidiary Linvatec Corporation. The five-year deal was announced at the AORN conference in March. Linvatec is a leader in arthroscopy and powered surgical ...More
April 2, 2001
Posted in News
Medical Mistakes Caused by Combo Errors

NEW YORK-Two doctors in New York states last year were accused of operating on the wrong side of a patient's brain and still a third was found guilty of performing surgery on the wrong section of a spinal cord. Another doctor lost his license for removing the left kidney of ...More
April 2, 2001
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Surgery and Central Processing Relationships: A Survey

Surgery and Central Processing Relationships: A Survey By Jack Donaldson, BSN, CNOR, CSPDM and Kathy Donaldson, RN, CNOR, CSPDT A survey designed to explore Central Processing Department (CPU) staff attitudes regarding their relationship with the Operating Rooms (OR) of ...More
April 1, 2001
Posted in Articles
Infant Receives Bloodless Liver Surgery

LOS ANGELES-Jehovah's Witnesses say the Bible prevents them from receiving whole blood or blood products. This becomes a serious problem for those followers who need surgery. Doctors at Children's Hospital Los Angeles are impressed with the success of a recent bloodless ...More
February 26, 2001
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New System Developed To Fight Brain Injuring Emboli

SAN DIEGO, Calif-ORINCON Corp., working with Embolus Inc., has developed a prototype system to detect, classify, and possibly reduce the risks and occurrence of brain injuring emboli. The Emboli Detection and Classification System (EDAC) has been designed to help the ...More
February 12, 2001
Posted in News
Preoperative Topical Antiseptic Measures to Prevent Nosocomial Infection

Preoperative Topical Antiseptic Measures to Prevent Nosocomial Infection By Shawn Gentry It has been well established that measures to prevent nosocomial infections begin well before the surgical procedure. During the preoperative phase, hair removal and the proper use of ...More
February 1, 2001
Posted in Articles