I believe that the details given in this release from the British Information Services are slightly incorrect. While I agree that Guy's Hospital in London will be the first institution in the world to have a permanent installation for televising surgical operations, I should like to mention that the Philips organization in Holland were the first in Europe to undertake this type of experiment. T...

Twenty anaesthetic rooms and operating theatres in Northern Ireland were visited in both 1990 and 1992. Data was collected on the availability and use of anaesthetic monitoring. In the anaesthetic rooms there were few pulse oximeters. In the theatres more monitors were available and in use. Some change in practice had occurred between 1990 and 1992, notably an increase in the monitoring of vent...

We compared the rates of exposure to blood in the operating room among third-year medical students during 2005-2006 with the rates reported in a study completed at the same institution during 1990-1991. The number of medical students exposed to blood decreased from 66 (68%) of 97 students during 1990-1991 to 8 (11%) of 75 students during 2005-2006 (P<.001).

Over the past 50 years, significant improvements in cardiac surgical care have been achieved. Nevertheless, surgical errors that significantly impact patient safety continue to occur. In order to further improve surgical outcomes, patient safety programs must focus on rectifying work system factors in the operating room (OR) that negatively impact the delivery of reliable surgical care. The goa...

In this paper we study worldwide antidumping (AD) case filing patterns in order to determine the extent to which economic versus strategic incentives explain the behavior of countries employing AD actions. We compare four main hypotheses. Two are motivated by the BagwellStaiger (1990) model of special protection and are consistent with the view that AD actions are used to prevent unfair trade: ...

The operating room is a high-stress and volatile workplace where interpersonal conflict can be frequent and at times intense. This article explores some of the common sources of conflict and suggests some remedies.