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Splash Basins in the Operating Room: Clean or Contaminated? A Study on Bacterial Contamination in Splash Basins Used to Rinse Surgical Instruments During Surgery [PDF]
Nursing ReportsBackground: Preventing postoperative infection and promoting patient safety are essential responsibilities of the operating room nurse. In some hospitals, splash basins are used to rinse instruments during surgery, although previous studies emphasise the
Karoline Stavang Michalsen +4 more
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Bacterial Contamination of Surgical Instruments Used at the Surgery Department of a Major Teaching Hospital in a Resource-Limited Country: An Observational Study [PDF]
Diseases, 2022 Surgical instruments, be they disposable or reusable, are essential in any surgical procedure. Reusable surgical instruments should be properly sterilized or disinfected before use. However, the protocols are not always followed accordingly. This results
Enid Owusu +3 more
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Decontamination of Surgical Instruments for Safe Wound Care Surgeries in Disasters: What are the Options? A Scoping Review [PDF]
Prehosp Disaster Med, 2021 Anna Rowinski, Johan von Schreeb
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Three‐Dimensional printed instruments used in a Septoplasty: A new paradigm in Surgery
Laryngoscope Investigative Otolaryngology, 2021 Objective Three‐dimensional (3D) printing has been rapidly adopted by different surgical disciplines. It has shown itself to have improved outcomes in education, pre‐operative planning, and reconstruction.
Syed Zaidi, Paresh Naik, Shahzada Ahmed
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Applied Sciences, 2021 In various studies, problems with surgical instruments in the operating room are usually one of the major causes of delays and errors. It would be of great help, in surgery, to quickly and automatically identify and keep count of the surgical instruments
Jiann-Der Lee +3 more
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Cavitation-vibration coupling mechanism in ultrasonic guidewire vascular ablation
Ultrasonics SonochemistryEffective treatment of diverse vascular occlusions requires precise energy delivery and tissue-specific ablation strategies. This study systematically investigates the coupled mechanical vibration and cavitation mechanisms of a novel flexible ultrasonic ...
Guang Yao +5 more
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Asian Journal of Surgery, 2008 Objective: To examine whether Lapprotector™, a protective film and ring device for protectingwounds, can prevent wound infection after open appendectomy. Methods: We performed open appendectomy on 64 patients between 2004 and 2006.
Yoshifumi Kato +5 more
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Clinical outcomes of surgical clipping for intracranial aneurysms in patients with a Hunt and Hess grade 4 or 5 [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2016 We retrospectively evaluated the records of 49 grade 4 and 5 patients with 42 intracranial aneurysms treated within 72 h of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). In total, 35 patients (71%) were grade 4, and 14 (29%) were grade 5.
Yang Zhang +7 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Chemotherapy‐induced peripheral neuropathy remains a major complication in pediatric cancer, with disrupted somatosensory and nociceptive processing being a key aspect. This review synthesizes empirical studies on alterations in somatosensory and nociceptive processing in children and adolescents with cancer.
Julia Schweiger +4 more
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Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Introduction Adolescent siblings of children with cancer are at elevated risk for psychosocial problems. Unfortunately, various barriers such as limited family time and resources, conflicting schedules, and psychosocial staffing constraints at cancer centers hinder sibling access to support.
Christina M. Amaro +10 more
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