Electrosurgery may be hazardous, so it is important that clinicians understand how electricity behaves and relates to electrosurgical function and applications can contribute to its safe use. Knowledge of the intraoperative and postoperative medical and nursing considerations and interventions can impact positive patient outcomes.

Gloves are a common medical device used as barrier protection in the medical field. This continuing education discusses how latex surgical gloves are being replaced with synthetic alternatives to create latex-safe environments.

In this session Dr. Nava will discuss how nurses, through leadership and advocacy, can drive conversations and policy changes at the organizational, local, state, and national levels that dismantle discriminatory structures and ensure equitable healthcare access and delivery.

This program defines the characteristics of hazardous drugs, identifies groups of HCWs at greatest risk, and describes potential routes and effects of occupational exposure. Recommendations offered by government agencies and professional associations for the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) are summarized, focusing on the proper use of gloves and gowns when handling chemotherapy drugs.

In this educational activity, you’ll gain the necessary knowledge to implement and fine tune an efficient robotic surgery program in the acute care setting. You’ll hear about best practices to achieve programmatic alignment, what staffing considerations you should make, and how to implement recruitment and retention ideas tailored to the unique demands of the program.

Safe patient handling when positioning a patient is not only important for staff safety as it is for patient safety through the appropriate use of equipment and ergonomics. This course will review best practices for safe patient handling, a culture of safety, and proper ergonomics while positioning a patient in the operating room and how to mitigate occupational injury.

This educational program identifies the clinical considerations related to surgical instrument care, cleaning, test functioning, routine maintenance, and basic repairs. This information will help you keep instruments in excellent condition so patients can receive the best care possible.

A colecistectomia laparoscópica (CL) é o tratamento ideal para cálculos biliares e outras doenças da vesícula biliar. Embora se tenha tornado um procedimento muito comum, efetuado com frequência em ambiente ambulatorial, a CL ainda apresenta riscos para o doente. Cada elemento da equipa perioperatória, incluindo enfermeiros, técnicos cirúrgicos e profissionais de processamento estéril, desempenha um papel crucial na otimização da segurança e da eficácia da CL. Esta atividade de aprendizagem tratará da incidência e da prevalência de cálculos biliares sintomáticos, das principais técnicas cirúrgicas estabelecidas para garantir a remoção segura da vesícula biliar e dos aspetos e atividades de segurança cruciais para o reprocessamento de instrumentos laparoscópicos e materiais cirúrgicos, como os clipes do ducto cístico, que ajudam todos os doentes com CL a evitar complicações e obter um efeito pós-operatório ideal.

This ebook is intended to supplement education and training of vascular vessel mapping protocols for creation of an endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) utilizing the approach with dual magnetic catheters and application of radiofrequency energy to create an endoAVF (dual catheter system) anastomosis.

This ebook discusses foreign debris-initiated post-surgical complications and their associated pathological mechanisms. It reviews the sources of debris contamination, including a description of foreign microbody characteristics that can further amplify pathological responses. Strategies to determine the presence of lint in the OR and recommendations for minimizing their presence are highlighted.

This continuing education activity will address the role of environmental contamination in the transmission of HAIs, describe the latest research on environmental hygiene in the operating room (OR), and list the monitoring methods available to objectively evaluate environmental hygiene. Process improvement methods and new technologies such as self-disinfecting surfaces and “no touch” area cleaners utilizing ultraviolet (UV) irradiation and hydrogen peroxide vapor will be described.

The advantages of using an online system for direct access to valuable information about a procedure pack program will be discussed. The five key functions of an online pack management system will be outlined. Best practices for standardization of procedural supplies across an integrated delivery network or individual hospital will be described.

In the current era of antibiotic stewardship, with the prevalence of bacterial resistance to multiple antibiotic agents, there has been an interest in using perioperative antiseptics to reduce microbial contamination in the surgical site before closure and possibly reduce the need for antibiotic agents. This program is intended to better understand the proper implications of the different types of wound irrigations in relation to SSIs, cost, and efficiency.

There are several therapeutic modalities available today that either use the body’s natural thermoregulatory mechanisms to relieve pain, encourage healing, or enhance the body’s ability to maintain a normal core temperature. Therefore, nurses and other healthcare professionals must remain aware of the use of localized temperature therapy as an effective treatment modality.

This educational program will explore how damage to the skin barrier can lead to alterations in the skin microbiome, contributing to conditions such as incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD).

Die laparoskopische Cholezystektomie (LC) ist die bevorzugte Behandlung für Gallensteine und andere Gallenblasenerkrankungen. Obwohl die LC mittlerweile ein sehr gängiges Verfahren ist, das häufig ambulant durchgeführt wird, birgt sie immer noch Risiken für den Patienten. Jedes Mitglied des perioperativen Teams, einschließlich der Krankenpflegekräfte, chirurgisch-technischen Assistenten und Sterilisationsfachkräfte, spielt eine entscheidende Rolle bei der Optimierung der Sicherheit und Wirksamkeit der LC. In dieser Lerneinheit werden die Inzidenz und Prävalenz von symptomatischen Gallensteinen, die wichtigsten chirurgischen Techniken zur sicheren Entfernung der Gallenblase und die kritischen Sicherheitsaspekte und -maßnahmen für die Wiederaufbereitung von laparoskopischen Instrumenten und für chirurgisches Material - wie z.B. Gallenkanal-Klemmen - erörtert, die bei jedem LC-Patienten dazu beitragen, Komplikationen zu vermeiden und ein optimales postoperatives Ergebnis zu erzielen.

This ebook is intended to supplement education and training of vascular vessel mapping protocols for creation of an endovascular arteriovenous fistula (endoAVF) utilizing the approach with dual magnetic catheters and application of radiofrequency energy to create an endoAVF (dual catheter system) anastomosis.

This continuing education activity will review surgical treatment options for axial pain caused by DDD and new clinical evidence that assists spine surgeons in selecting the most effective treatment plan for appropriately indicated patients. It will provide an overview of the prevalence of axial back pain and DDD, followed by brief discussions of the relevant lumbar spine and intervertebral disc anatomy and the clinical implications of DDD.

Explore how AORN guidelines can be combined with the latest innovations in surgical infection prevention to improve patient safety and surgical outcomes. You'll learn about AORN's best practices, innovative strategies to minimize SSIs, and the integration of these standards with new technologies.

La cholécystectomie laparoscopique (CL) est le traitement de choix pour les calculs biliaires et autres maladies de la vésicule biliaire. Si la CL est devenue une procédure très courante, souvent pratiquée en ambulatoire, elle n'en présente pas moins des risques pour le patient. Chaque membre de l'équipe péri-opératoire, y compris les infirmières, les techniciens en chirurgie et les agents de stérilisation, joue un rôle essentiel dans l'optimisation de la sécurité et de l'efficacité de la CL. Cette activité d'apprentissage abordera l'incidence et la prévalence des calculs biliaires symptomatiques, les techniques chirurgicales clés établies pour garantir une ablation de la vésicule biliaire en toute sécurité, ainsi que les aspects et activités critiques en matière de sécurité pour le retraitement des instruments laparoscopiques et les fournitures chirurgicales, telles que les clips pour le canal cystique, qui permettent à chaque patient subissant une CL d'éviter les complications et d'obtenir un résultat postopératoire optimal.