A new study finds that the requirement for ear coverage in the OR is not supported by sufficient evidence. This member-only article appears in the August issue of Patient Safety Monitor Journal. Ears.

Wearing proper attire in the operating room can help minimize risks of surgical site infections, but it can be difficult to get OR staff to break old habits that may not conform to recommended best ...

ERAS is a patient-centered, evidence-based approach designed to improve outcomes by minimizing the physiological and psychological stress of surgery. Initially developed for colorectal procedures, ...

Nurses in the operating room will soon be able to access best practices with a simple tap on a tablet, using new technology to replace what has been for many an inefficient system of monitoring ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Dozens of nurses looking to protect themselves from surgical smoke that can cause respiratory illnesses like asthma and emphysema gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to promote legislation ...

Surgeons for years have stepped into operating rooms wearing their surgical cap — a snug covering that ties in back and comes in standard-issue blue or hundreds of personalized designs. But a ...

ATLANTA — Some Georgia nurses say the operating rooms they work in every day are making them sick. They say the surgical smoke in the air they breathe in those ORs is full of harmful chemicals and ...

Walk into almost any healthcare setting today, and you will see employees from the desk clerk to the person cleaning the bathroom wearing surgical scrubs. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, while most ...

A day at the 24-capacity inpatient Surgical Ward at William Beaumont Army Medical Center is action-packed with patients transported to and from appointments, plenty of visiting family members and 24/7 ...