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 …
Hospital Operating Room Planning : analyzing strategies and problem settings
Operating room planning is a complex task which has to consider many aspects such as surgeon scheduling, operating team scheduling (included anaesthetic personnel), patient related information, (i.e. estimated operating time, priority and diagnosis)…
Health Care Operating Rooms Evaluation as Wet/Dry Locations
A key area of debate in the most recent revision cycle of NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities has been the topic of electrical environments in hospital operating rooms and whether they need to be classified as a wet location or dry location. This study …
Hybrid Operating Room Design and Implementation
The design and implementation of hybrid operating rooms is a complex multidisciplinary process. The significant investment in these operating suites requires productive and efficient utilization. The advantages of these suites for the vascular surge…
Modern Plastics Worldwide
Modern Plastics Worldwide offers global business management issues, key technologies, and the latest manufacturing management trends for the international plastics industry. This only plastics publication features topics range across all processes, …
Metal Finishing Magazine
Complete information on emerging technology and new product; technical papers; and the latest news impacting the finishing and coatings industries and your business are brought by Metal Finishing. Metal Finishing serves as the technical magazine for…
Manufacturing Automation Magazine
Manufacturing Automation delivers the latest advanced manufacturing technologies, products, applications and news of h widespread Canadian industrial market. Manufacturing Automation is intended to help readers do their job easier through informatio…
FierceFinanceIT Magazine
FierceFinanceIT offers free, weekly technology news update on the financial services industry. FierceFinanceIT brings the latest information, trends, and breaking news related to IT issues in the world of financial services for CIO’s, compliance ma…
Laser Focus World Magazine
Laser Focus World: The leading publication in the optoelectronics industry that brings first-hand insight into the latest developments in advanced semiconductors, medical equipment, lasers, optics and aviation and aerospace. Covering comprehensive o…