Here are 15 recent stories on surgical site infections, surgical errors and OR safety from Becker’s Hospital Review, beginning with the most recent.
1. Mayo Clinic researchers link surgical errors with human behaviors
2. As temperatures rise in the summer, so do common SSIs
3. Study analyzes prevalence of postoperative Staph joint infections: 5 findings
4. SSI risk factors: 3 main categories
5. Transform hospital ORs with the ASC experience — 7 key points
6. How safe is your OR? 8 things to consider
7. How to get above and beyond performance from a hospital anesthesia department
8. “Flying right”: Adapting aviation’s ‘sterile cockpit rule’ to improve patient safety in the OR
9. Are stuffed animals in the OR doing more harm than good?
10. 7 key lessons for establishing healthy hospital-physician ASC partnerships
11. 4 common surgical attire safety issues
12. 4 areas of focus for preventing bullying in the OR
13. SSI incidence varies dramatically among 5 groups of surgical procedures
14. MRSA decontamination reduces risk for SSIs in orthopedic surgery
15. Beaumont Health anesthesiologist to study effects of music in the OR on patient anxiety
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