The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority developed a sample preoperative checklist to ensure accuracy in documentation and safe surgery. The checklist notes to write legibly and avoid use of ...
The University of Connecticut Health Center has made available perioperative nurse competency checklists. The checklists ensure registered nurses are competent in the areas of perioperative procedures ...
As expectations for refractive cataract surgery continue to rise, preoperative ocular surface optimization remains essential ...
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has developed a comprehensive surgical checklist to help reduce the number of wrong-site surgeries and other ...
More than half of Medicare beneficiaries undergoing cataract surgery undergo at least one preoperative test, despite strong evidence showing that preoperative tests are not associated with any ...
Routine preoperative testing is not recommended for patients undergoing cataract surgery, because testing neither decreases adverse events nor improves outcomes. We sought to assess adherence to this ...
The Strong for Surgery Program is linked to a two-thirds decrease in the rate of smoking in patients undergoing cervical and lumbar spine procedures, according to research from the University of ...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveData, Inc. today introduced LiveData PeriOp Planner™, a web-based solution that synchronizes surgical scheduling by visually coordinating the patient’s steps ...