Observation of surgical personnel in four specialties (cardiothoracic, general, gynecologic, and orthopedic) in the operating room was performed prior to implementation of an educational intervention designed to improve compliance with Universal Precautions and at 1- and 2-years post-intervention. Use of protective eyewear and double gloving increased following the intervention, whereas the inc...

background & aim: operation as a stressor can induce physical and psychological negative reactions. considering the anxiety prevalence as the most important sign and symptoms before surgery, on one hand, and the necessity of patients’ mental preparation as the most essential care before surgery, on the other hand, the importance of primary communication of medical centers’ staff would be determ...

introduction: global patient safety is the concern of all areas of the health care. in addition to the human suffering in those inflicted unsafe care and services, it has a heavy economic cost. due to the sensitive patient safety in the operation rooms, the present study aimed to assess patient safety in the operating rooms. methods: this was a descriptive cross-sectional study that was conduct...

To the Editor:—In the August 2005 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Sandberg et al. describe an Operating Room of the Future (ORF) that includes extensive physical and workflow redesigns for “optimal support of advanced minimally invasive surgery.” The ORF enhancements incorporate increased capital costs for advanced equipment and increased personnel costs as compared with their standard operating room....

To the Editor:—In the August 2005 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Sandberg et al. describe an Operating Room of the Future (ORF) that includes extensive physical and workflow redesigns for “optimal support of advanced minimally invasive surgery.” The ORF enhancements incorporate increased capital costs for advanced equipment and increased personnel costs as compared with their standard operating room....

To the Editor:—In the August 2005 issue of ANESTHESIOLOGY, Sandberg et al. describe an Operating Room of the Future (ORF) that includes extensive physical and workflow redesigns for “optimal support of advanced minimally invasive surgery.” The ORF enhancements incorporate increased capital costs for advanced equipment and increased personnel costs as compared with their standard operating room....

Since operating room departments are among the costliest resources at a hospital, much attention is devoted to maximize their utilization. Operating room activities are however notoriously hard to plan in advance. This has to do with the unpredictable, problem-solving nature of the work and that the work is carried out by a multidisciplinary team of health personnel, members of which also have ...

This paper describes a PC-based controller for robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery. The development is motivated by the need of reducing the exposure of operating room personnel to X-rays during surgical procedures such as percu-taneous discectomy. The approach taken consists of upgrading the hardware architecture and the control software of a clean-room PUMA 260 manipulator, and by devel...

background : staphylococcus aureus (s. aureus) is one of the major virulence factors of hospital and community acquired infections. healthcare workers can be the host of s.aureus for many months. and it is very important due to the possibility of transmission to patients. the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of s.aureus nasal carriers, the antibiotic susceptibility pattern and ...