Instrumentation prioritization is a critical job for sterile processing (SP) professionals and helps keep surgeries on track and ensure that complete trays and other necessary items are available when needed for the operating room (OR).
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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.
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.
The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has published the 2021 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice with six revised guidelines.
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by OR Today Magazine | Dec 31, 2020
Instrumentation prioritization is a critical job for sterile processing (SP) professionals and helps keep surgeries on track and ensure that complete trays and other necessary items are available when needed for the operating room (OR).
READ MOREby OR Today Magazine | Nov 30, 2020
In October, the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) released its newly revised “Guideline for Care and Cleaning of Surgical Instruments,” and numerous changes directly impact the sterile processing (SP) discipline.
READ MOREby OR Today Magazine | Oct 31, 2020
The FDA has seen an increase in hand sanitizer products that are labeled to contain ethanol (also known as ethyl alcohol), but that have tested positive for methanol contamination.
READ MOREby OR Today Magazine | Sep 30, 2020
By Julie E. Williamson Perhaps nowhere else in a health care organization are two departments more closely intertwined as sterile processing (SP) and the operating room (OR). Despite obvious differences in their core responsibilities, the two teams cannot function...
READ MOREby OR Today Magazine | Aug 31, 2020
Sterile Processing Week is Oct. 11-17 By Julie E. Williamson The hard work and contributions of sterile processing (SP) professionals deserve recognition and appreciation every day of the year. After all, without these professionals’ care and handling and delivery of...
READ MOREby OR Today Magazine | Jul 31, 2020
But Don’t Exclude Sterile Processing from Key Discussions By David Taylor, MSN, RN, CNOR Ancient papyrus revealed Egyptian medical practice was highly advanced and doctors performed the first surgery more than 3,500 years ago (2750 BC).[1, 2] Since then, medicine has...
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