February 2019 – The Operating Room Global (TORG)

Cardiac surgery Life in the operating room Lifesaving Surgery Patient Education Patient Safety Perioperative Education

Open Heart Bypass Surgery

Frequently referred to as CABG surgery, or open heart surgery, coronary artery bypass graft surgery is the surgical treatment of choice for blocked arteries surrounding the heart. The heart pumps…

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Operating Room Nurse Interview Questions

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Question 1. A Practice Nurse Regularly Performs Certain Routine Procedures. What Are They? Answer : A practice nurse will treat and dress wounds as well as take blood samples, urine…

Infection Control Operating Room Policy and Procedure Patient Education Perioperative Documentation Perioperative Education

What is Sterilization? – Types and Methods in Microbiology

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Sterilization is a process of destruction of all forms of living microorganisms from a substance. Articles having direct application on humans and animals are subjected to sterilization. These materials include…

Life in the operating room Lifesaving Surgery Perioperative Education

Abdominal Incisions in Gynaecologic Oncological Surgery

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Overview The success of a gynaecologic procedure performed through an abdominal incision depends on careful selection of the incision site and proper closure of the wound. The surgeon needs to…

Medical Personnel Safety Oxygen Surgical Safety

Operating Room Fire safety

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Although a fire occurring in an operating room is a relatively rare occurrence, the consequences can be devastating. This training module will provide information that can be taken to prevent…

Latest surgery news

In A First, Doctors Perform Successful Child Valve Replacement Surgery

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A spokesman of the super specialty tertiary care hospital said the cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (CVTS) department of the medical institute has conducted the successful heart valve replacement of a…

Infection Control

Preventing Retained Surgical Items is a Team Effort

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“With unintentionally retained objects, the problem is the enormous amount of harm that can result,” such as perforation, infection, pain, damage to other body parts, and death,” says Gail Horvath,…

Hospital Hospital Error Hospital News Legal Issues

A woman took a stranger off life support after hospital allegedly mixed up two men, lawsuit says

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A woman who was told her brother wouldn’t “make it” after a drug overdose ordered a stranger be taken off life support in a mix-up at a Bronx hospital, a…

Month: February 2019