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White Paper Shares Strategies to Address Burnout Risk and Turnover
by OR Today Magazine | Oct 24, 2018
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.
READ MORENew Report Finds Leaf Patient Monitoring System Improves Patient Repositioning Rates, Nursing Staff Collaboration
by OR Today Magazine | Oct 24, 2018
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.”
READ MORE3M Introduces Advanced CHG Skin Prep
by OR Today Magazine | Oct 24, 2018
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.
READ MOREMini-Invasive Robotic Assisted Surgical System Fits in the Palm of Hand
by OR Today Magazine | Oct 22, 2018
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.
READ MORECDC Prevention Epicenters Program-Funded Study Proves Enhanced UVC Disinfection Reduces Microbial Contamination
by OR Today Magazine | Oct 19, 2018
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.
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