Principles Governing Eye Operating Room Procedures

Principles Governing Eye Operating Room Procedures

Operating room waste: disposable supply utilization in neurosurgical procedures.

OBJECTIVE Disposable supplies constitute a large portion of operating room (OR) costs and are often left over at the end of a surgical case. Despite financial and environmental implications of such waste, there has been little evaluation of OR supply utilization. The goal of this study was to quantify the utilization of disposable supplies and the costs associated with opened but unused items (...

Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room.

OBJECTIVE To describe incorrect surgical procedures reported from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers from 2001 to mid-2006 and provide proposed solutions for preventing such events. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers. PARTICIPANTS Veterans of the US Armed Forces. INTERVENTIONS The VHA instituted an initial directive, "Ensur...

Operating room environment and surgical site infections in arthroplasty procedures

BACKGROUND The rate of surgical site infections (SSI) is strongly influenced by operating room quality, which is determined by the structural features of the facility and its systems and by the management and behavior of healthcare workers. The aim of the present study was to assess microbial contamination in the operating room during hip- and knee-replacement procedures, the behavior of operat...

Fire in the operating room: principles and prevention.

Fire is a rare but potentially disastrous operating room misadventure. In this article, the authors describe the elements of operating room fires and present an illustrative case. The risk of fire can be minimized when the operating room team understands the interactions among the three sides of the classic fire triangle: oxidizers, fuels, and ignition sources. Lists of fire prevention techniqu...