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‘Ensure you arrive at the hospital in plenty of time to start the list. You will need time to see your patients and prepare both the anaesthetic room and theatre before your first patient arrives….’ …
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Hosted by The Operating Room Global (TORG) Education and Training Committee and held live via Zoom Topic: Enhancing Skills as a Competent Robotic Surgery Assistant: Best practices and Strategies Speaker:
This momentous event will unfold in Lagos, Nigeria, uniting operating room experts, healthcare professionals, and scientific enthusiasts from around the world. Focused on innovation, surgery, research, and collaboration, this conference is poised to serve as a hub for knowledge exchange, exploration of breakthroughs, and the nurturing of invaluable connections.
Are you prepared for an exhilarating journey into the realms of surgery, healthcare, research, and innovation? The Operating Room Global (TORG) is delighted to extend an exclusive invitation to you for our eagerly anticipated inaugural scientific conference in 2024, from 7th to 9th August. …
Topic: Ensuring Surgical Smoke Safety: Best Practice and protocols in the Operating Room
Speaker: Johnson Ogundare, DNP (c), MPH, RN, RPON, CNOR, PgDE, CCEOR, COHIMP, mini-MBA (Founder/CEO, SNEMIS-NG, TORG-Global Moderator and the Chairperson, TORG Executives’ Council).
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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
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. …
Topic: “Enhancing Patient Safety and Surgical Outcomes: The Power of the Surgical Safety Checklist” Webinar Replay video is down the bottom of this page including webinar pdf documentations x 3
Continue ReadingWatch Webinar Replay: Surgical Safety Checklist Webinar with Nigel Roberts
“Surgical site infections (SSIs) and other postoperative complications can cause significant harm to patients and prolong recovery time. However, there are several steps that healthcare providers and patients can take to prevent these complications. In this blog post, we will discuss some strategies for preventing SSIs and other postoperative complications….” …
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“Surgical robots are an increasingly popular tool in the operating room, designed to help surgeons perform complex procedures with greater precision and control. While surgical robots have many benefits, they also come with some risks. In this blog post, we will discuss the benefits and risks of using surgical robots in the operating room….” …
Continue ReadingThe benefits and risks of using surgical robots in the operating room
“Operating rooms (ORs) are critical spaces where complex surgical procedures are performed. These spaces are designed to provide a sterile environment that ensures the safety and well-being of patients, healthcare workers, and surgeons. However, despite the best efforts of healthcare providers, operating rooms are not immune to issues that can….”
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“Improving or maintaining operating room efficiency is a goal for every hospital. If you sell a product and/or service into the Operating Room (OR) and can help them improve their efficiency you will be regarded as a trusted advisor and not a supplier that can be commoditized. Impacting OR efficiency requires…” …
Continue ReadingKey Performance Indicators (KPIs) of the Operating Room
‘As an anaesthetist, your responsibility for the patient does not end when the anaesthetic is turned off. Your role in transferring the patient to the recovery area, handing over to the recovery staff and reviewing them in the immediate postoperative period is integral to reducing risks associated with surgery….’ …
Continue ReadingRecovery and the Postoperative Visit – The Role of the Anaesthesia Provider
‘Ensure you arrive at the hospital in plenty of time to start the list. You will need time to see your patients and prepare both the anaesthetic room and theatre before your first patient arrives….’ …
Continue ReadingOperating Theatre Preparation Before Surgery
“You may have heard the term “perioperative nursing”—this encompasses the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases of the patient’s surgical experience. This post will focus on the postoperative phase, which begins with the patient’s admission to the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) and ends once the anesthesia has worn off enough for the patient to be safely transferred to the appropriate nursing unit….” …
Continue ReadingPostoperative Care and the Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU)
‘The purpose of draping is to eliminate the passage of microorganisms between non-sterile and sterile areas. Draping materials may be disposable or nondisposable…’
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Continue ReadingDraping the Surgical Patient – Techniques for different surgical positions
The continued development of both minimally invasive procedures and imaging technologies led to the development of the hybrid operating room – it combines a conventional operating room with an imaging system – MRI, CT scan or angiography systems… …
Continue ReadingHybrid Operating Room: The OR of the Future Today?
For Spine, Orthopaedic Trauma, and Neurological Procedures OVERVIEW The O-armTM system is an intraoperative 2D/3D imaging system that is designed to meet the workflow demands of the surgical environment. It can
Image credit: MedGadget By Brainlab A: “A hybrid operating room always has to have in-room imaging.” E: “But that could also be a digital O.R.” A: “Sure, but a digital
Continue ReadingHybrid, Integrated, Digital O.R.: The Differences (and Similarities)
The Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees tour the new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement operating room and Simulation Lab.[Raul F. Rubiera/The Fayetteville Observer]▲ Michael Boose, a hospital trustee and county
Continue ReadingCape Fear Valley shows off new lab, new operating room
A joint research team including faculty from Clemson University and the Medical University of South Carolina has unveiled a high-fidelity, mock operating room at the Clemson Design Center in Charleston.
Continue ReadingOperating room of the future features less clutter, more technology
The hybrid operating theatres at Clinique Cecil, Klinik Im Park and Klinik Hirslanden enable precise imaging diagnostics during surgery. Clinique Cecil, Klinik Im Park and Klinik Hirslanden each have
Continue ReadingTHE HYBRID OPERATING THEATRE – SAFER, FASTER AND LESS INVASIVE FOR PATIENTS
Is Titan’s SPORT going to storm the robotic surgery market? The darling of ORs everywhere: Intuitive Surgical In 2000 Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) went public at $9 a share dazzling Wall Street with
Continue ReadingNew Surgeon in the OR: Titan Medical’s SPORT
The hybrid operating room is a new tool for us that allows us to deliver health care in ways we have never been able to before.— Dr. Stephen Lahey The
Continue ReadingUConn Health’s Hybrid OR Expands Surgical Capabilities
The continued development of both minimally invasive procedures and imaging technologies led to the development of the hybrid operating room – it combines a conventional operating room with an imaging
Continue ReadingHybrid Operating Room: The OR of the Future Today?
In July 2017, a groundbreaking ceremony kicked-off a major renovation for the Covenant HealthCare Surgical Services Department. Monday, June 25, 2018 Covenant unveiled the new hybrid operating suite and home
Continue ReadingCovenant HealthCare Unveils Hybrid Operating Room