The Vascular Surgery Operating Room

room (A) offers a site for postprocessing of digitally obtained images. In this instance, it is adjacent to the endovascular operating room (B), and through the windows there is direct visualization of the procedures.The computer system is linked to …

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…

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 …

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 …

Information and Analysis of Asian Agriculture and Development

… state-of-the-art technologies, new methodologies, and policy concerns in agriculture and development. It publishes original articles resulting from empirical, policy-oriented, or institutional development studies, as well as articles or perspectives…

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…

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 …

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…

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…