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New England Journal of Medicine, 1972
MODERN surgery discovered the dangers of air pollution and water pollution about a century ago and, as a result, has practiced aseptic, antipollution technics since. However, in our pollution-aware age, surgery has fallen behind in its recognition of what has been called "The Third Pollution." This is noise, defined as unwanted, noxious, or harmful ...
Richard A. Shapiro, Theodore Berland
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MODERN surgery discovered the dangers of air pollution and water pollution about a century ago and, as a result, has practiced aseptic, antipollution technics since. However, in our pollution-aware age, surgery has fallen behind in its recognition of what has been called "The Third Pollution." This is noise, defined as unwanted, noxious, or harmful ...
Richard A. Shapiro, Theodore Berland
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The Operating Room of the Future Versus the Future of the Operating Room
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America, 2017Technological advancement in the operating room is evolving into a dynamic system mirroring that of the aeronautics industry. Through data visualization, information is continuously being captured, collected, and stored on a scalable informatics platform for rapid, intuitive, iterative learning.
Kassam, Amin B +9 more
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Simulation in the operating room
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2015Simulation has become a significant training tool in the operating room (OR). It can be used in both simple task training and complex scenarios. The challenge for simulation in the OR is how to translate that which is learned, and perceived to beneficial, into behavioral change and improved patient outcomes.
Andrew W. Murray +3 more
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Electrocution in the Operating Room
Anesthesiology, 1973The manner in which a patient sustained an electrical shock injury from improperly wired equipment during the course of an operation was described in order to acquaint others with a potentially hazardous situation. A patient requiring surgical treatment had the ground plate of an electrocautery unit placed under her buttocks and the electrodes of an ...
David H. Atkin, Louis R. Orkin
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The American Journal of Surgery, 2018
Climate change will affect most populations in the next decades and put the health of billions of people at risk. Health care facilities represent a significant source of pollution around the world and contribute to environmental changes. To address this topic, we performed a review of the available literature on tactics to reduce operating room (OR ...
Camila R. Guetter +8 more
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Climate change will affect most populations in the next decades and put the health of billions of people at risk. Health care facilities represent a significant source of pollution around the world and contribute to environmental changes. To address this topic, we performed a review of the available literature on tactics to reduce operating room (OR ...
Camila R. Guetter +8 more
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The Operating Room: Patient Safety in the Operating Room
Hospital Topics, 1951(1951). The Operating Room: Patient Safety in the Operating Room. Hospital Topics: Vol. 29, No. 7, pp. 50-54.
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Housekeeping and the Operating Room
The American Journal of Nursing, 1960FROM THE MIDDLE Of the nineteenth century until the second world war there was a steady improvement in methods of hospital cleaning. During this period of improving technique, the responsibility rested with the nursing department. Now in many hospitals the housekeeping department is responsible.
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Journal of Surgical Research, 2010
The operating room (OR) represents a key engine of performance and growth for most hospitals, and its success is vital to the financial viability of the parent institution. Yet, the OR can also be a considerable drain on the hospital’s finances, because surgical procedures are becoming increasingly complex and technologically-intensive, with the ...
David W. McFadden +3 more
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The operating room (OR) represents a key engine of performance and growth for most hospitals, and its success is vital to the financial viability of the parent institution. Yet, the OR can also be a considerable drain on the hospital’s finances, because surgical procedures are becoming increasingly complex and technologically-intensive, with the ...
David W. McFadden +3 more
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Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2018
The operating room is the financial hub of any hospital, and maximizing operating room efficiency has important implications for cost savings, patient satisfaction, and medical team morale. Over the past decade, manufacturing principles and processes such as Lean and Six Sigma have been applied to various aspects of healthcare including the operating ...
David H. Rothstein, Mehul V. Raval
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The operating room is the financial hub of any hospital, and maximizing operating room efficiency has important implications for cost savings, patient satisfaction, and medical team morale. Over the past decade, manufacturing principles and processes such as Lean and Six Sigma have been applied to various aspects of healthcare including the operating ...
David H. Rothstein, Mehul V. Raval
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2016
This chapter focuses on the preoperative and operative care of an orthopedic patient and how you, with careful attention to detail a medical student, can exceed in and out of the operating room. From history and physical to important laboratory and radiographic exams, this chapter provides a clue to one on the keep preoperative components. Additionally,
Travis Blood, Joseph A. Gil
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This chapter focuses on the preoperative and operative care of an orthopedic patient and how you, with careful attention to detail a medical student, can exceed in and out of the operating room. From history and physical to important laboratory and radiographic exams, this chapter provides a clue to one on the keep preoperative components. Additionally,
Travis Blood, Joseph A. Gil
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