Preoperative safety briefings do not delay operating theater start time and are popular among staff, according to a study published in Journal of Patient Safety.
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St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center in Hartford, Conn., trains its operating room staff to use a checklist to avoid procedural errors, according to a Hartford Courant report.
A short delay in operating room availability for urgent cases is associated with significant increases in hospital costs, according to a study published in Surgery.
Hospital operating room leaders should create protocols for tissue recovery that have clearly defined expectations in order to ensure patient safety and a clean surgical environment, according to a study published in the AORN Journal.
An article published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons found that operating room crisis checklists can improve safety and management in those situations, according to an AORN report.
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Blood loss from phlebotomy is associated with hospital-acquired anemia, according to an article published in Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers at San Francisco General Hospital recently published a study that found patients on mechanical ventilation required lower doses of sedatives when they listened to classical music, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
Day-of-surgery cancellations may be prevented by preoperative telephone calls by nurses, according to an article published in the AORN Journal.
Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah, Ga., received a $42,000 grant from the Cardinal Health Foundation to further improve operating room safety and efficiency, according to a hospital news release.
Like a well-oiled machine, hospital operating room protocol could always use a tune-up. ORs rely on several moving parts to conduct surgeries safely and efficiently, and all of the moving parts have to be alert, careful and calm. Nancye Feistritzer,…