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A recent conversation with a colleague at NIFA prompted me to explore the topic of the consistency of perioperative nursing care. This nurse works as a surgical assistant and participates in a high volume of cases with a diverse selection of perioperative nurses and his opinion carries weight. This made me consider this issue from the quality improvement lens. My thoughts turned to a straightforward question – How do we assess the quality of perioperative nursing care?
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Can your patients tell the difference when they interact with your direct employee versus someone from an agency? Does your staff feel a difference? Do your metrics show a variance based on who provides a service? Whether support or direct care staff, outsourced services must follow your policies and procedures and be held to the same high standards as the rest of your team.
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The items that can affect the energy transfer are “wet” steam (i.e., too much condensed water in the steam usually caused by contamination in the steam) or steam that is superheated (steam that is too dry because it has been heated beyond its saturation point) creating a dry heat process. Both can result in a lack of sterilization.
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Effective July 1, 2025, Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) will be recognized by the New York State Department of Health as an approved accrediting organization for office-based surgery (OBS) practices. This designation gives healthcare providers in New...
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Johnson & Johnson MedTech, a global leader in surgical technologies and solutions, today launched the PolyphonicTM AI Fund for Surgery to help develop AI solutions that solve challenges before, during, and after surgery. Joined by a coalition of companies...
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For the first time, TIME has named Northwell Health, the largest health system in the Northeast, to its TIME100 Most Influential Companies 2025 list. Northwell is the only health system to be recognized on the prestigious list which highlights companies making a...
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