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The World Health Organization (WHO) published the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist in 2008 in order to increase the safety of patients undergoing surgery. [1] The checklist serves to remind the surgical team of important items to be performed before and after the surgical procedure in order to reduce adverse events such as surgical site infections or retained instruments. [1]
Outside the operating room, or sometimes integrated within, is a dedicated scrubbing area that is used by surgeons, anesthetists, ODPs (operating department practitioners), and nurses prior to surgery. An operating room will have a map to enable the terminal cleaner to realign the operating table and equipment to the desired layout during cleaning.
A surgical fracture table enables the patient to be placed in the following positions: Supine position The most common surgical position. The patient lies with back flat on operating room bed. [1] [2] [3] Trendelenburg position Same as supine position but the upper torso is lowered. [1] [2] Reverse Trendelenburg position
The operating table column can be rotated by 360° and offers ideal space for the feet of the team. The table top is, thanks to the use of x-ray-capable materials, almost completely radiolucent. The universal operating table is available as both stationary, mobile and moveable units. A mobile operating table is, however, used as a special table.
The operations manual is intended to remind employees of how to do their job. The manual is either a book or folder of printed documents containing the standard operating procedures, a description of the organisational hierarchy, contact details for key personnel and emergency procedures.
Dr. Jeremy London sees first-hand what heart disease, the world’s biggest killer, can do to a person’s health. As a board-certified cardiovascular surgeon who operates on diseased hearts, he ...
An example is the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist developed for the World Health Organization and found to have a large effect on improving patient safety. [11] According to a meta-analysis after introduction of the checklist mortality dropped by 23% and all complications by 40%, but higher-quality studies are required to make the meta-analysis ...
This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Ah, New Year’s Day. You can set goals at any time of year, of course, but the new year provides that extra rush of motivation.