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Perioperative hypothermia puts patients at risk for surgical site infections, which can lead to complications, cause lon- ger hospital stays and increase patients’ risk for mortality. Because anesthetized patients cannot regulate their own body temperature, all...
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 By Lanier Norville The global market for medical lasers is projected to reach $8.2 billion by 2017, driven by increasing applications across areas such as ophthalmology, oncology, cosmetic surgery, cardiology, dentistry, gynecology, dermatology, gastroenterology,...
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OmniGuide Intelliguide OmniGuide, based in Cambridge, Mass., has taken proprietary technology invented at MIT and originally published in Science and Nature magazines to develop a novel medical laser system for microsurgical applications. The device delivers the...
READ MOREHow to make the switch This article examines some of the issues around latex allergies in hospital operating rooms (O.R.), the rationale for going latex-free, the substantial cost-savings of having an entirely latex-free O.R. and some potential approaches to making...
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By Lanier Norville Surgical gloves may be disposable, but in the operating room they are indispensible. Despite lingering effects of a down economy and declining medical equipment and supply sales, the market for surgical gloves continues to grow. “Deceptively simple...
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Signature Glide surgical gloves Medline’s Signature Glide gloves feature an inner gel coating made from hydrophilic synthetic polymer, which allows hands to glide into the glove wet or dry. The translucent color provides contrast when double gloving according to AORN...
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