Strategies for Greener Hospital Operating Rooms

Strategies for Greener Hospital Operating Rooms

C8 Phased Out of Food Wrappers In July 2012 the U.S. FDA released a statement that manufacturers had voluntarily ceased selling agents containing the compound C8 for food-contact use the prior summer. At that time, manufacturers had predicted stocks of the agents and packaging containing them would be depleted within a year. C8, or perfluorooctanoic acid, was used to keep oil and grease from se...

Advancing Aerobiological Quality Standards For Hospital Operating Rooms (ORs)

Annually, the United States is affected by 1.7 million Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). The CDC reports nearly 99,000 deaths per year resulting from HAIs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it is estimated that of the more than 290,000 incidences of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) annually, more than 13,000 people die each year due to infections acquired ...

Advancing Aerobiological Quality Standards For Hospital Operating Rooms (ORs)

Annually, the United States is affected by 1.7 million Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs). The CDC reports nearly 99,000 deaths per year resulting from HAIs. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), it is estimated that of the more than 290,000 incidences of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) annually, more than 13,000 people die each year due to infections acquired ...

Evaluation of potential noise exposures in hospital operating rooms.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health received a health hazard evaluation request from West Virginia University Hospital, Morgantown, to evaluate noise exposures from surgical instruments in the OR. Four surgical technologists, four RNs, and one surgeon wore noise dosimeters to measure full-shift personal noise exposures during two days while they performed typical daily act...

Overtime, new grads help stretch staffing in hospital operating rooms.