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Patient Positioning

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THE IMPORTANCE OF PATIENT POSITIONING Patient positioning is vital to a safe and effective surgical procedure. Proper patient positioning depends on the type and length of procedure, anesthesia access to…

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Everything You Need to Know About Surgical Sutures

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Overview Sutures are used by your doctor to close wounds to your skin or other tissues. When your doctor sutures a wound, they’ll use a needle attached to a length…

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A New Jersey Surgery Center May Have Exposed Thousands to Infections Due to Dirty Instruments

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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…

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The Rise of the Barn Operating Theatre

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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.…

Hospital News Patient Safety

Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’

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A professor of surgery says students have spent so much time in front of screens and so little time using their hands that they have lost the dexterity for stitching…

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Doctor wrongly removes woman’s healthy KIDNEY during routine back surgery after mistaking the organ for a cancerous tumor

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Maureen Pacheco, 53, of Florida, had suffered lower back pain for years after a car accident She went to Wellington Regional Medical Center to have lower back bones fused After…

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Patient Positioning

Everything You Need to Know About Surgical Sutures

A New Jersey Surgery Center May Have Exposed Thousands to Infections Due to Dirty Instruments

The Rise of the Barn Operating Theatre

Surgery students ‘losing dexterity to stitch patients’

Doctor wrongly removes woman’s healthy KIDNEY during routine back surgery after mistaking the organ for a cancerous tumor