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 …
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 …
Clinical and Economic Considerations in The Use of Inhaled Anesthesia from The Perspective of Health-System Pharmacists and Anesthesiologists
…is supplement. The activity was supported by an educational grant from Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Medication use in the operating room (OR) is complex, and managing the medication use process in that environment may present a challenge to health…
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…
Operating Room Rules and Regulator Guidelines of Tulane Medical Center
…ent resource. In addition, variable access based on utilization which adjusts to demand patterns will be provided. Download pdf manual …
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…
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 …
Commercial Food and Restaurant Facilities Management Practice
This guidance document provides the established Best Management Practices (BMPs) for fats, oil, and grease (FOG) encountered in commercial food and restaurant facilities operating in Lake County. Prevent Blockages in the Sewer System, Proper Mainten…