Hybrid, Integrated, Digital O.R.: The Differences (and Similarities)
Image credit: MedGadget By Brainlab A: “A hybrid operating room always has to have in-room imaging.” E: “But that could also be a digital O.R.” A: “Sure, but a digital…
What I Do as an Anaesthesiologist
Image Credit: facmediciney Life Hacker Career Spotlight It’s easy to take for granted the precision with which modern medicine can manage and alleviate pain, whether you’re put under for surgery…
A New Jersey Surgery Center May Have Exposed Thousands to Infections Due to Dirty Instruments
Screenshot: Google/HealthPlus Surgery Center Over 3,000 patients at a New Jersey surgical center may have been exposed to bloodborne pathogens after investigators found the facility wasn’t properly following sterilization guidelines…
Theatre Nurses: 3 Reasons Why Nurses Move Towards the Operating Room
Image Credit: nursejobsIreland We can all agree that nurses work hard enough as it is! So why do some nurses take on extra work to make the shift towards becoming…
Virtual reality and the changing face of surgery
Diane Jooris is pioneering research into VR for patients (Oncomfort) Two medical specialists talk about how they are using VR for both doctors and patients in surgery. Virtual reality was…
Two-year-old boy ‘castrated’ after doctors botched operation
Shutterstock A 2-year-old boy who was supposed to undergo a “minimal operation” was “castrated” when doctors accidentally operated on the wrong testicle, his family says. The boy was treated for…
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
(John Fedele/Getty Images) In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who’s who — at least for outsiders. Patients getting wheeled in might…
Surgeons reconstruct girl’s skull after her head swells to dangerous size
Surgeons at a Canadian hospital have used cutting edge technology to completely reconstruct a two-year-old’s skull after her head swelled to the size of a basketball due to an abnormal…
Legal war engulfs 3M Bair Hugger device
Smoke rose in curls of green laser light, quickly filling the mock operating room and fogging the air around a mannequin patient. Dr. Scott Augustine, a controversial medical entrepreneur and…
The Rise of the Barn Operating Theatre
UK hospitals adopting barn theatre approach to improve outcomes Operating theatre design has remained largely unchanged for decades, but more recently a new architectural approach is beginning to take hold.…
Ergonomic and Proper Handling of Surgical Instruments
BY lSZCZEPAN BARAN, VMD, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, VMD AND MARCEL PERRET-GENTIL, DVM Although not always recognized, proper handling of surgical instruments plays a vital role in positive surgical patient outcomes. Correct…
Cape Fear Valley shows off new lab, new operating room
The Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees tour the new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement operating room and Simulation Lab.▲ Michael Boose, a hospital trustee and county commissioner, noticed that the…