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OR Today at AORN 2016
More than 5,000 perioperative nurses attended AORN’s annual Surgical Conference & Expo in Anaheim, California, April 2-6, making it the largest educational conference in the world for the specialty. Central to the nurses’ Expo experience is an exhibit floor of...
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How to Avoid Surgical Errors
It’s probably safe to say that every member of the perioperative staff strives for perfection in the OR. However, every member of the OR staff is a human being, which means that surgical errors do unfortunately occur.
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Nasal Decolonization in Pre-Operative Protocols: An Antiseptic Alternative to Antibiotics
by Rosie D. Lyles, MD, MHA, MSc; Head of Clinical Affairs, Clorox Healthcare The Burden of Surgical Site Infection In today’s dynamic healthcare environment, preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) is one of the greatest challenges. SSIs continue to rank as one of...
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Olympus Introduces Big Screen Surgery In 4K
Olympus recently unveiled the Visera 4K UHD System, its big screen surgical system, at the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES) 2016 annual meeting in Boston. The Visera 4K UHD System delivers four times the resolution of HD with better...
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Buffalo Filter Celebrates 25th Anniversary
In 1991, Buffalo Filter was founded on the belief that there was a need to rid the world’s surgical environments of the hazards associated with surgical smoke plume exposure. Over the course of the last 25 years, Buffalo Filter has set the standard with...
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