{"title":"Making the choice: can you go 'latex free'?","authors":"M Evangelisto","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Health care facilities have many means available to minimize the risk of latex allergy for both patients and workers. A latex-allergy task force should oversee patient and employee safety. Materials and items that contain latex must be identified, and latex-free alternatives must be found.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"40-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775488","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":"OR nursing in the Net.","authors":"B Baxter","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A mailing list is an agreement between people with similar interests who meet electronically. This perioperative listserver is unmoderated and open to nurses and other health professionals interested in the perioperative care of patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"22-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775629","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":"The design of today's operating rooms.","authors":"H R Hawkins, R E Gover","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>With the exception of radiation therapy, the surgical suite is still the most costly area in a health care facility to renovate or construct. It is also the most needs intensive, as far as staff, equipment, material, and building system. Health care providers need an environmentally sensitive area that meets the needs of today, as well as the future. It is equally important to create a working environment that promotes staff comfort, while streamlining time and cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"11-5; quiz 45-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775627","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":"Today's promising heart frontier: minimally invasive surgery.","authors":"C A Sweet","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cardiovascular disease claims more lives annually than the next eight leading causes of death combined. The biggest heart problem in the United States is congested \"plumbing,\" afflicting more than 13 million Americans. Open-heart surgery estimated to be a $30 billion-a-year business.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"16-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775628","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":"USP--promoting the public health.","authors":"N Carothers","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As one of the first \"national\" medical organizations, the first pharmacopeia contributed to a united national public health effort. The USP was the precursor to the American Medical Association. An official USP drug monograph tells manufacturers what constitutes the acceptable identity, quality, strength, and purity of a pharmaceutical product.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"35-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775486","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":"Low-temperature hydrogen peroxide gas plasma--atomic age sterilization technology.","authors":"C Spry","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The combined use of hydrogen peroxide vapor and plasma sterilizes most medical instruments and material without leaving toxic residues. Patients and personnel are not in jeopardy of exposure to an inadequately aerated instrument this this sterilization method.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"20 1","pages":"25-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20774859","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":"Postoperative delirium in the elderly.","authors":"M Kelly","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Older patients are at a higher risk for postoperative delirium. Symptoms of delirium are flucuating sensorium, altered perception and attention levels, and increased confusion. The incidence of delirium after surgery does not correlate with a specific anesthetic agent or the route of administration.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"19 5","pages":"10-2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20313433","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":"Postoperative considerations. Geriatric surgical patients and cardiovascular function.","authors":"S B Clement","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An increasing number of geriatric patients will present for surgery as the average life expectancy climbs. Age-related cardiovascular changes jeopardize the elderly surgical patient's ability to compensate for surgically induced stressors. Changes in cardiovascular function are one of the most significant alterations associated with geriatric patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"19 5","pages":"19-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20313435","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":"Anesthesia for the older ophthalmic patient.","authors":"B P Gallacher","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Elderly cataract patients frequently have comorbid multisystem disease. Local or regional anesthesia is provided to reduce complications of retrobulbar infiltration. Performing painless eye blocks without sedation is probably the safest route.</p>","PeriodicalId":79468,"journal":{"name":"Today's surgical nurse","volume":"19 5","pages":"23-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20313436","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}