{"title":"Reprocessing 'single use' devices--why is there so much debate?","authors":"W B Stoermer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Reducing costs without compromising standards of patient care challenges health care professionals at all levels. Reprocessing of selected disposable devices can result in major savings when issues are properly addressed. No published standards differentiate quality, function, or length of useful life between reusable and single-use devices.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"27-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103065","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Could your patient's bowel obstruction be a bezoar?","authors":"J LaFountain","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"34-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rx for overcoming adversity and focusing on the future. Part 1: Identify and eliminate obstacles.","authors":"L Iorio","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"48-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Growing replacements for our 'graying' perioperative nurses.","authors":"L Kautzman, L H Miller","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many nursing school graduates have minimal perioperative experience and require extensive training by their employer. These perioperative courses can introduce students to the OR culture in a protected role and ease their transition to a \"real\" nursing role. Nursing programs must stay current offer meaningful curricula that attract good students.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"22-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"To settle or not to settle.","authors":"L F Rosen","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"46-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103074","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Report of OSHA's draft: information for health care workers exposed to laser and electrosurgery smoke.","authors":"B C Ulmer","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"18-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is it safe to allow smoke in our operating room?","authors":"C N Dikes","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Researchers have shown that the plume produced during electrosurgery is twice as harmful as laser plume. The smoke produced by ESUs is not routinely evacuated and rises into the air to dissipate haphazardly. Smoke evacuators remove surgical smoke from the operating suite in an efficient and safe manner.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 2","pages":"15-21; quiz 38-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do you manage your life or does your life manage you?","authors":"K Ball","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"21 1","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21103184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}