Operating Room (OR)

Noisy Operations Associated with Increased Post-Operative Infections

Patients who undergo surgery are more likely to suffer surgical site infections (SSIs) if the operating theatre is noisy, according to research published in the July issue of the British Journal of Surgery. Swiss researchers studied 35 patients who underwent planned, major ...More
June 1, 2011
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Perioperative Sharps Safety Requires Teamwork, Education

While clinical activities on hospital floors such as injections or starting IVs pose the constant threat of percutaneous injuries, nowhere is the danger more real than in the fast-paced operating room environment. Knowing this, the Association of periOperative Registered ...More
April 15, 2011
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RFID-Based SmartSponge System Helps Prevent Retained Foreign Objects in Surgical Patients

NXP Semiconductors, an RFID leader for multi-applications, announces that ClearCount Medical Solutions has selected NXP RFID solutions to enable its SmartSponge® System. The SmartSponge System can easily and accurately detect and account for surgical sponges placed in a ...More
April 6, 2011
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CareFusion Completes Sale of Onsite Services Instrument Management and Repair Business

CareFusion, a leading, global medical technology company, and Frazier Healthcare today announced they have completed the sale of CareFusion's OnSite® Services instrument management and repair business to affiliates of Frazier Healthcare. The companies previously announced ...More
March 29, 2011
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Ask the Experts: Perioperative Nursing

ICT invited perioperative experts to share their perspectives on key issues. ...More
March 18, 2011
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Medline, ClearCount Partner to Sponsor New Training from AORN to Prevent Retained Surgical Items

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has recently released the AORN Retained Surgical Items Confidence-Based Learning Module (CBL) based on the association's current Recommended Practices for Prevention of Retained Surgical Items (RSIs). The CBL ...More
March 17, 2011
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Breaches in the OR: The Perioperative and Infection Prevention Challenge

ICT presents its 2011 survey results highlighting common infection control-related breaches in the operating room. ...More
March 10, 2011
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Slide Show: Infection Prevention Breaches in the OR

ICT conducted its second annual survey to determine the major breaches of infection prevention and control in the operating room. ...More
March 10, 2011
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Going 'Green' in the Operating Room

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have identified practical strategies to implement environmentally friendly practices in operating rooms and other hospital facilities that could result in vastly reduced healthcare costs and pose no risk to patient safety. ...More
February 22, 2011
Posted in News, Environmental Hygiene
Future Technology in the OR Could Decrease Surgery Times, Risk of Infection

Surgeons of the future might use a system that recognizes hand gestures as commands to control a robotic scrub nurse or tell a computer to display medical images of the patient during an operation. Both the hand-gesture recognition and robotic nurse innovations might help ...More
February 3, 2011
Posted in News