Keeping it low: Protecting teams from radiation during surgery
With more minimally invasive surgery, the C-arm has become a regular resident in the OR. Surgeons rely on imaging during cases to guide implant placement and other critical aspects of surgery. How much radiation are OR teams being exposed to, and what safety measures should they be taking? Safety pointers…
Keynote: Technology could aid safety
In the future, patient safety is likely to be as much a part of education for the surgical team as dissection, suturing, and aseptic technique. Simulation labs are one way OR teams will learn to communicate more effectively and prevent errors. Simulation is playing an increasing role in the education…
Surgeon leads effort for safer surgery
If you look behind some of the major studies on patient safety in surgery, you'll find a common name—Atul Gawande, MD, MPH. He led the well-known 2003 study documenting the incidence of retained items in surgery. He's just finished a clinical study of a bar code technology to aid sponge…
Free Daily News
- FDA designates Class 1 recall for tracheostomy tubes
- Study: Preventing antibiotic-resistant infection surge could save millions
- Face transplant survival rates “encouraging,” global study finds
- Vertical integration reshaping US healthcare: Impact on cost, access
- ChristianaCare, Atlas Healthcare form joint venture to expand ASC network
- CMS calls for demonstrations of AI technology in healthcare
- Study: Adjuvant nivolumab reduces risk of death, lung cancer recurrence
- Analysis: Hospital safety, quality measures surpass pre-pandemic levels
- FDA: Class 1 infusion system recall expanded
- Anesthesia staffing, communication, patient safety: Q&A with OR Manager Conference speakers