OR Today Magazine

Halloween is adding almost two pounds of candy to the diets of the average American. That’s an additional 3,500-5,000 calories from highly processed, high sugar and high fat foods.

The report leverages proprietary engagement data to measure the key components of nurse resilience – activation and decompression – by generation, role and shift to identify segments of the workforce that may be more vulnerable to burnout than others.

An article published in the October issue of Geriatric Nursing, the journal of the Gerontological Advance Practice Nurses Association (GAPNA) reported that the use of Leaf Patient Monitoring Technology “has the potential to improve teamwork, communication and compliance with evidence-based practice resident care.”

3M has announced the launch of 3M SoluPrep Film-Forming Sterile Surgical Solution, a chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG) and isopropyl alcohol prep, and the first and only FDA-approved surgical prep with sterile solution.

USMI will present the Canady Robotic SR-70 Surgical System, integrated with the Canady Smart OR management system and Voice Control Laparoscope, at the 2018 American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress Meeting at the Boston Convention & Visitors Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

A new analysis of the Benefits of Enhanced Terminal Room-Disinfection (BETR-D) study shows that enhanced disinfection using UVC leads to a reduction of microbial contamination and a decrease in patient colonization and infection.