Tag Operating Room Safety

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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By Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital broke Florida law by failing to tell regulators about two serious medical errors, according to a state report. The report,

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Dr. Rick Cunningham Both patients and surgeons worry about infections occurring after surgery. Fortunately, the risk of infection following orthopedic surgery performed in the Vail Valley is about 0.3 percent.

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Countable items include; – Tapes: Umbilical, vessel loops – abdominal packs – Swabs/ sponges with X-ray detectable thread (all types including lahey, laps, peanuts, wool balls, patties e.t.c.) – screws

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