Category Surgical Technology

Topic: Innovations in Surgical Technology: Shaping the Future of Perioperative Care
Speaker: Eboni G. Saurage (E.d.D., M.S., B.S.H.Sc., A.S.S.T, CST – Assistant Professor of Surgical Technology at Baton Rouge Community College, TORG Scholarship & Grants Director)

Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom

Sunday, 12th November, 2023
18:00 Irish Standard Time/BST
Via Zoom
Target Audience
Surgeons, Physician Assistants, Anaesthesiologists, Theatre and Perioperative Nurses, Scrub and Circulatory staff, Recovery staff, Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetists , Certified Surgical Technologists, First Assistants, Registered Nurse First Assistants, Perfusionists, Surgical Residents, Anaesthesia Technicians, Anaesthesia Support, Respiratory Technicians, Medical Device Company Representatives, Medical Students, Interns…. and many more. …

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Topic: Innovations in Surgical Technology: Shaping the Future of Perioperative Care
Speaker: Eboni G. Saurage (E.d.D., M.S., B.S.H.Sc., A.S.S.T, CST – Assistant Professor of Surgical Technology at Baton Rouge Community College, TORG Scholarship & Grants Director)

Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom

Sunday, 12th November, 2023
18:00 Irish Standard Time/BST/GMT(+1)
Via Zoom …

Continue ReadingJoin us for The Operating Room Global (TORG) CPD Accredited Webinar – Sunday, November 12th 2023 at 18:00 BST.

Click here to learn more and to reserve your seat… …

Continue ReadingUnveiling the 2024 Inaugural Scientific Conference by The Operating Room Global (TORG), 7-9th August (TORG-2024)

Topic: “Aseptic Technique: The Key to Surgical Techniques and Patient Safety”

Speaker: Jo Williams Cody, CST, MSED, BSST, AAS – Pima Medical Institute Program Director of Surgical Technology

Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom

Sunday, August 20th, 2023
18:00 Irish Standard Time/BST/GMT(+1)
Via Zoom

Target Audience
Surgeons, Physician Assistants, Anaesthesiologists, Theatre and Perioperative Nurses, Scrub and Circulatory staff, Recovery staff, Certified Registered Nurse Anaesthetists , Certified Surgical Technologists, First Assistants, Registered Nurse First Assistants, Perfusionists, Surgical Residents, Anaesthesia Technicians, Anaesthesia Support, Respiratory Technicians, Medical Device Company Representatives, Medical Students, Interns…. and many more. …

Continue ReadingJoin us for The Operating Room Global (TORG) Free Webinar on Aseptic Techniques – Sunday, August 20th 2023 at 18:00 BST.

Topic: “Innovative Approaches to Enhancing Patient Safety and Organizational Excellence in the Operating Room”

Speaker: Julie O’Donnell

Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom

Sunday, August 6th, 2023
18:00 Irish Standard Time/BST/GMT(+1)
Via Zoom.

To register in advance for this free webinar here, meet our speaker and also learn more…. …

Continue ReadingJoin us for The Operating Room Global (TORG) Free Webinar – Sunday, August 6th 2023 at 18:00 BST.

Join us for The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Free Online Sterile Processing Webinar – Saturday, July 22nd 2023 at 18:00 BST.

Topic: Sterile Processing Standards and Guidelines: Delivery times to the OR – Why does it take so long to turn over a set?

By Mr. Jessie Lopez, CRCST,CHL, CER, CIS, CSPDT, CFER, CSIS, CASSPT, T-SC, GST and CQIA. Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom.

Date: Saturday, July 22nd, 2023 at 18:00 Irish Standard Time/BST/GMT(+1)

To register in advance for this free online sterile processing webinar here, meet our speaker and also learn more…. …

Continue ReadingJoin us for The Operating Room Global (TORG) Online Sterile Processing Webinar – Saturday, July 22nd 2023 at 18:00 BST.

‘D.A. Surgical offers advanced patient positioning solutions for conventional and robotic surgery, including assisted laparoscopy and open surgery for Urology, GYN, General and Colorectal. D.A. Surgical provides reusable and single-use products that focus on safety for the patient and staff in the surgical suite….

TrenGuard® is a standard of care positioning device for patients being placed in the Trendelenburg position.

ArmGuard® provides has an application in any surgical procedure utilizing the supine position.

FaceGuard® acts as both a patient face protection device and a versatile table mounted instrument tray.

ShroudGuard® protects surgical table pedestal shrouding from accessory clashing damage….’ …

Continue ReadingPatient Positioning Solutions for Conventional and Robotic Assisted Laparoscopy and Open Surgery by D.A Surgical.

Feel more confident and competent when preparing for surgery, and track procedures you are involved in. Scrubup aims to optimize patient safety and streamline clinical practices. Already over 25,000 clinicians

Continue ReadingScrubup, Your very own personal surgical preparation tool for a more organized, seamless & efficient procedure every time…

‘The use of 3D-printed spine devices and implants has grown in recent months, allowing for more customized surgical planning. Many spine surgeons see potential in 3D-printed technology but also foresee challenges that will need to be addressed to ensure its success….; …

Continue Reading3D Printing in Spine Surgery – The prediction of surgeons

Setting surgery trays up properly in accordance for the type of surgery being conducted is a valuable and important step in any surgery. Correct setup and arrangement of the surgical tray allows the surgeon to not only perform the surgery more efficiently, but allows him to have all his preferred surgical instruments easily accessible.

Clean Person—The Clean Person is designated to open and touch non-sterile items to maintain the integrity of the sterile person and surgeon.

Sterile Person—The Sterile Person is designated to handle all sterile instruments and materials that will be used in surgery. The Sterile Person also passes instruments to the surgeon.

PURPOSES
a) Preparation for surgery
b) Time management
c) Preventing hazards/cross infection

Read More Here …

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‘The purpose of draping is to eliminate the passage of microorganisms between non-sterile and sterile areas. Draping materials may be disposable or nondisposable…’

#surgicaldraping #drapingtechniques …

Continue ReadingDraping the Surgical Patient – Techniques for different surgical positions

‘Stem cells and derived products offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues, and the state of research and practice…’ …

Continue ReadingStem Cell Therapy: Here’s What You Need to Know

The future of surgery offers an amazing cooperation between humans and technology, which could elevate the level of precision and efficiency of surgeries so high we have never seen before. …

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ECMO is similar to heart-lung bypass machines used during open-heart surgery. While a child is on ECMO, blood gets oxygenated, by an artificial lung, and gets delivered to the whole body, using an external mechanical pump. The machine maintains the blood flow and oxygenation to the body’s vital organs while the child recovers, by allowing the heart and lungs to “rest” over several days to weeks. …

Continue ReadingExtracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): The Basics

Stem cells and derived products offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues, and the state of research and practice.

Continue ReadingStem Cell Therapy: Here’s What You Need to Know

Hyperfine’s portable MRI features permanent magnets that require no extra power or cooling, with the whole system running off a standard wall outlet to produce a brain scan. (Hyperfine) The

Continue ReadingFDA clears world’s first bedside MRI scanner-on-wheels

Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a method of pain control that gives patients the power to control their pain. In PCA, a computerized pump called the patient-controlled analgesia pump, which contains

Continue ReadingPCA Pump (Patient Controlled Analgesia) for Pain Treatment

Alternate therapies for pain. The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.  Expanded window to treat stroke patients. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare

Continue ReadingCleveland Clinic Unveils Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2019

Cryosurgery is a type of surgery that involves the use of extreme cold to destroy abnormal tissues, such as tumors. The surgery most often involves the use of liquid nitrogen,

Continue ReadingCryosurgery in Cancer Treatment

A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in

Continue ReadingGoogle’s New Artificial Intelligence Outperforms Experts in Diagnosing Breast Cancer

 An Israeli company is helping doctors treat cancer by freezing tumors with liquid nitrogen. IceCure Medical, a company based in Israel’s northern coastal city of Caesarea, claim their non-invasive ProSense™

Continue ReadingIsraeli Company Destroys Cancerous Tumors by Freezing Them

Halo-gravity traction is a way to pull the head and spine upward carefully, applying a slow stretch to the spine. Doctors do this by attaching a halo (a metal ring

Continue ReadingHalo-Gravity Traction: What you need to know!

Robotic surgery is a type of minimally invasive surgery. “Minimally invasive” means that instead of operating on patients through large incisions, we use miniaturized surgical instruments that fit through a

Continue ReadingBasics of Robotic Surgery

Interventional radiology is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments performed using imaging guidance. Interventional radiology procedures are an advance

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Automating Processes with One Click. Patient work, not Paperwork A cloud based solution that offers true seamless collaboration between vendors and hospitals with specific focus on high value surgeries. Delivered

Continue ReadingIntroducing Operating Room Implant Bill Only Automation

Surgery is used to prevent, diagnose, stage, and treat cancer. Surgery can also relieve (palliate) discomfort or problems related to cancer. Sometimes, one surgery can take care of more than

Continue ReadingHow Surgery Is Used for Cancer Treatment

The Surgical Tech’s Creed was written to show the world how much more surgical technologists do than just pass instruments and count sponges.   They are the backbone of every

Continue ReadingThe Surgical Tech’s Creed; The Humble Technologist

A doctor in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were 20 miles away from him. The feat was pulled off using

Continue ReadingFirst long-distance heart surgery performed via robot

At the MWC (25–26 February, Barcelona, Spain), formerly the Mobile World Congress, Philips unveiled a unique mixed reality concept developed in partnership with Microsoft for the operating room of the future.

Continue ReadingAugmented reality surgical technology unveiled by Philips and Microsoft

A UK-funded inflatable operating theatre that fits into a backpack is set to revolutionise surgery in emergencies when doctors are forced to operate on the hoof.  Despite its Heath Robinson-like

Continue ReadingUK funded inflatable operating theatre set to revolutionise emergency surgery