JANUARY COVER STORY
Preventing Patient Falls
Patient falls are dangerous for patients and can lead to extended hospital stays. The financial impact of patient falls is also significant – the cost of these falls averages $30,000 per hospital stay or $50 billion total per year. Experts share tips on how to prevent patient falls.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
FDA Updates Information on Respirator Decontamination Systems
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reissuing the Emergency Use Authorizations for decontamination systems that are authorized to decontaminate compatible N95 respirators for use by healthcare personnel (HCP) to prevent exposure to pathogenic biological...
First Patient Treated in Clinical Trial of BCL System
CairnSurgical, Inc., an innovator striving to make breast cancer surgery more precise, announced that the first patient has been treated in its U.S. pivotal trial of the Breast Cancer Locator (BCL) System at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Rush Oak Park Hospital Adopts Surgical Workflow Technology, ExplORer Surgical, Increasing Team Confidence and Reducing OR Challenges
ExplORer Surgical, the only comprehensive intraoperative case support and workflow platform, has reinvented the way surgical support teams prepare and complete effective surgeries with two-way video for case support and remote proctoring to create a digitized playbook.
AORN Releases 2021 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has published the 2021 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice with six revised guidelines.
Masimo Announces iSirona Connectivity Hub
Masimo has announced the global launch of iSirona, a compact, versatile connectivity hub designed to maximize interoperability across the continuum of care.
SPOTLIGHT
Spotlight On: Nechami Brilliant, BSN, RN, Nurse III/Perioperative Instructor, Neuro/Spine OR, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
A registered nurse and perioperative instructor, in the neuro/spine operating room at Johns Hopkins Hospital, in Baltimore, Maryland, Brilliant began her health care career as a doula.
Spotlight On: Lisa VanDeer, RN, CNOR
Anyone who’s ever understood the wisdom of “home is where the heart is” would be hard-pressed to find someone who’s lived the truth of that expression as fully as Lisa VanDeer, RN, CNOR.
Spotlight On: Deborah Dunn, Graduate School Dean and Center for Research Director, Madonna University
When Deborah Dunn first began to consider a career in nursing, the path many young professionals pursued involved getting an LPN certificate or job-specific associate degree.
Spotlight On: Rebecca Votino, BSN, RN, ONC, Director of Perioperative Services at Magruder Hospital in Port Clinton, Ohio
By Matt Skoufalos Situated at the mouth of the Portage River on Lake Erie, Port Clinton, Ohio is a community defined by “the lake life,” said Rebecca Votino. Its population fluctuates seasonally, boosted by fivefold in the summer months, when vacationers flood the...
Spotlight On: Shelia Holleran
At the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (UPMC) in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, OR Clinician Manager Shelia Holleran and the crew in her surgical unit found their normal routines put on the shelf for a month-and-a-half.
PRODUCT SHOWROOM
Wound Care Market to Hit $24 Billion by 2027
The global wound care market size is projected to showcase significant progress and earn $24.55 billion by 2027, according to Fortune Business Insights.
3M PREVENA RESTOR AXIO•FORM
The PREVENA RESTOR AXIO•FORM Incision Management System delivers negative pressure wound therapy designed to manage post-operative incisions, as well as the surrounding soft tissue envelope.
Mölnlycke Exufiber Ag+
Exufiber Ag+ with Hydrolock technology is a sterile non-woven gelling fiber dressing that can be used to manage a wide range of exuding wounds
MolecuLight Inc. i:X Sterile Surgical Sleeve Convenience Kit
The MolecuLight Inc. i:X Sterile Surgical Sleeve Convenience Kit includes a unique disposable surgical sleeve that is fitted to neatly shroud the i:X device via an adaptor to align the optics of the i:X to the sleeve.
Smith+Nephew PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy
PICO Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy is a negative pressure wound therapy system that raises the level of care
BD Medi-Aire Biological Odor Eliminator
The BD Medi-Aire Biological Odor Eliminator is a concentrated unique formula which chemically eliminates odors associated with urine, feces, emesis and necrotic tissue. Available in three scents – Fresh Air (A), Lemon (L) and Unscented (U).
OUT OF THE OR
Identifying Behavioral Styles
Learning about behavioral styles is extremely helpful for creating better teamwork and increased productivity. As a bonus, behavioral styles are easy to learn with only four main styles.
Balance Your Workouts, Balance Your Life
When most people think of balance exercises, they tend to imagine a yoga class with people standing on one foot. It isn’t necessarily a motivating image.
Resilience: Your Biggest Opportunity
Health is probably at the top of your mind during this pandemic, but have you taken the time to really define what health is?
Study: Brain Games May Improve Recovery from Surgery
A new study by led by researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and The Ohio State University College of Medicine finds that exercising your brain with “neurobics” before surgery can help prevent post-surgery delirium.
Uncovering the Top Mexican Food Trends for 2021
Many families constantly search for meal inspiration, and one of the best ways is to look toward trendy tastes for new options to add to the menu.
Contest – January 2021
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