Leadership and strong teams are important in any organization, but especially in the high-stress, high-stakes setting of the operating room. This makes leadership development and team building critical to perioperative success.
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Lean and Patient Safety
by OR Today Magazine | Sep 1, 2021
Experts discuss how Lean principles and tools help teams identify waste and improve processes and how these processes are perfect for application in the perioperative setting.
READ MOREStaying Current With AAMI ST79
by OR Today Magazine | Aug 1, 2021
The steam sterilization working group has collected feedback from users about the 2017 ANSI/AAMI ST79 update and spent two years researching and developing amendments. The result is the ANSI/AAMI ST79:2017’s 2020 amendments.
READ MOREUpdate on Surgical Smoke Legislation
by OR Today Magazine | Jun 30, 2021
A growing number of states are introducing and passing legislation requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to use smoke evacuation systems to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke.
READ MORECOVID Complications: Pandemic Increases Workplace Stress, Anxiety & Burnout
by OR Today Magazine | May 31, 2021
The past year-and-a-half has been a time unlike any that most nurses have ever seen due to the upending of the nation’s health care system by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the health care profession has dealt, and is still dealing, with unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and burnout among all nurses, including those in the OR.
READ MOREWave of the Future: MIS, Endoscopic Surgeries Benefit Patients, Facilities
by OR Today Magazine | Apr 30, 2021
Recent advances in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery (MIS) are truly remarkable, bringing new approaches to both in-patient and out-patient surgeries. Today’s physicians and surgeons are looking to new technological advances in endoscopic surgery and MIS to help provide better patient care and improved surgical outcomes.
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