Guy’s Guide to the Birthing/Delivery Room
The pending arrival of a baby is a wonderful time! It doesn’t matter what the circumstances, when a new baby comes into the world, it is a true miracle. As is expected, much of the focus in the delivery room is on the woman. After all, she is the on…
How to Reduce Exposure Risk in the Operating Room
The purpose of this article is to evaluate and recommend current best practices related to safe handling of sharp instruments in reducing transmission of blood borne pathogens, specifically HIV, in the operating suite. The information in this paper …
Operating Room Safe Practice Manual
The operating room is clearly one of the most hazardous environments in the healthcare delivery system. By definition, surgery is invasive. Instruments that are designed to penetrate patients’ tissue can just as easily injure the provider. Blood is …
Clinical and Economic Considerations in The Use of Inhaled Anesthesia from The Perspective of Health-System Pharmacists and Anesthesiologists
Articles in Journal based on the proceedings of a symposium held December 8, 2009, during the 44th ASHP Midyear Clinical Meeting and Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. The content of this supplement was written by a professional writer, Susan R. Domb…
Rethinking Delivery Room Design Eases Labor
…ructed to lie in bed while their labor progresses. “[This] suggests that the labor for the women in this ambient or modified room was actually more effective than labor in the traditional hospital room,” Traditional birthing rooms have high beds for …
Industrial Market Trends Magazine
ThomasNet.com’s Industrial Market Trends biweekly e-newsletter and its companion Daily Blog Alert delivers timely topics on a variety of industry and vertical marketplace developments for engineers, plant/factory professionals, purchasers and …
Healthcare Purchasing News Magazine
…monthly print publication of Healthcare Purchasing News delivers healthcare industry news, infection control, safety issues, operating room, material management, and central service/sterilization features. Geographic Eligibility: USA …
Ambulatory Surgery Room Schematic Design and Graphic Standards
…ith additional areas for administrative, family, and ambulatory patient needs. The ambulatory surgery unit includes not only operating rooms, but pre- and postanesthesia areas, dressing rooms, technical support and supply areas, and business office a…
Materials Management in Health Care Magazine
…gement, central service, administration, and clinicians. Regular issues contains essential information on infection control, operating room equipment, sterilization and infection control, product evaluation, distribution systems, state and federal re…
Operating Room Rules and Regulator Guidelines of Tulane Medical Center
It is the policy of Tulane Medical Center to assure reasonable and timely surgery capacity where emergencies receive the highest priority. It is the goal of the postoperative service department to provide customer satisfaction, by incorporating a sy…