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 …

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 …

Healthcare Purchasing News Magazine

Healthcare Purchasing News is the unparalleled business news magazine for purchasing decision-makers at hospitals, multi-hospital systems, integrated networks and alternate-site locations. Dedicated for healthcare professional including material man…

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 …

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Automotive News is the weekly automotive magazine that has more that 76,000 subscribers. Automotive News covers all aspect of the manufacturing process on the automotive industry, from engineering, design, production to suppliers, retail automotive …

Incest Pest Control Guide Book 2010

Successful, economical control of cotton insect pests requires using a variety of control methods instead of only one, such as scheduled insecticide use. is approach to insect control is called integrated pest management, or IPM. Current cotton inse…

Petfood Industry Magazine Subscription February 2011 Issue

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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…