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JUNE Medical LUX Connect

JUNE Medical LUX Connect

The lightweight, self-retaining single use retractor features unique cam locks that allow single-handed adjustment on the frame. The multiple frames and hooks allow the Galaxy II LUX Connect to be used in a variety of procedures including ENT, colorectal, orthopaedic, gynaecological and other open surgeries. LUX Connect can be used with the Galaxy II retractor, or on its own. Plug in, bend it, straighten it and shape it. Dispose of it when you are done. No heavy head gear, just light, where it needs to be.

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The Perioperative Nurse Educator: A Multi-faceted Role with Vast  Professional Development Opportunities

The Perioperative Nurse Educator: A Multi-faceted Role with Vast Professional Development Opportunities

Perioperative nurse educators are essential to the work of perioperative nursing and are often charged with fulfilling a variety of roles in addition to staff education. Such roles may include learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, leader, champion for scientific inquiry and/or a partner for practice transitions (Harper & Maloney, 2022). Thus, it might be more appropriate to refer to perioperative nurse educators as perioperative nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners. 

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Advanced Directives in Outpatient Settings

Advanced Directives in Outpatient Settings

Understanding and incorporating a patient’s right to make decisions about their plan-of-care plays an integral role in overall health care outcomes. Honoring end-of-life choices in ambulatory settings is complex, since determination whether a health care organization will venerate a patient’s choice may vary based on services provided and specific patient populations served. It is also challenging for health care organizations to balance patient rights against possible ethical challenges.

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U.S. FDA Recognizes New Endoscope Guidance and More Among Updated List of ‘Appropriate’ Consensus Standards

U.S. FDA Recognizes New Endoscope Guidance and More Among Updated List of ‘Appropriate’ Consensus Standards

The U.S. FDA has recognized ANSI/AAMI ST91:2021, Flexible and semi-rigid endoscope processing in health care facilities as a guidance document “appropriate for meeting requirements for medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.” Additionally, five other new or updated AAMI standards were added to the federal regulator’s list.

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