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I've been in the business of surgery for the past 24 years. Years before that, I was in a clinical role in the OR. I try to stay ahead of the curve; that's my job. Trends are developing out there that you need to be aware of in your workplace.
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Outpatient surgery providers are increasingly using web pages as a means to educate patients; however, how should you design and organize your web page so that it is accessible and easily navigated by older patients? Consider these suggestions from Kay Ball, RN, MSA, CNOR, FAAN, perioperative consultant and educator for K&D Medical in Lewis Center, OH:
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The AAAAHC Institute for Quality Improvement (IQI) has released the clinical versions of three benchmarking study reports: cataract extraction with lens insertion, colonoscopy, and knee arthro-scopy with meniscectomy.
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Ambulatory surgery managers in hospitals, surgery centers, and offices face new requirements in 2009 under a revised chapter of leadership standards from The Joint Commission (TJC).
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Scheduling issues with the operating room. Your facility failing to grow in response to the needs of the community.
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As part of his efforts to educate the public about heart health, Frederick Meadors, MD, a surgeon at St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center in Little Rock, AR, had planned to perform surgery on a patient while 330 people watched the procedure live through a video feed in a hospital auditorium.
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The effects of operating room fires can be devastating. An estimated 50 to 100 surgical fires per year is one of the reasons that the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) has developed a practice advisory to address the issue.
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Ask questions. These words of advice are offered to patients, especially surgical patients, by accreditation organizations, medical societies, health care institutions, and individual physicians.
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Maximizing the use of your operating or procedure rooms can positively affect your bottom line. Although staff members can reduce turnover time to increase the number of cases each room can handle, what can you do about no-shows on the day of surgery or physicians who don't use all of the time blocked out for their procedures?
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Improper hand washing is the No. 1 way nosocomial infections are spread, says Sharon B. Hampton, MSN, RN, CAPA, patient care nurse manager for the ambulatory care unit, post-anesthesia care unit, pre-op holding unit, short-stay unit, and interventional radiology recovery unit at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston.
