I spent twenty years in the operating room. Now, I work at a home-visit clinic, handling community liaison work.Didn't a ...

"There are too many surgical instruments and procedures to remember," and "I want to study, but I don't know where to start." ...

Surgery involves a well-choreographed dance among medical professionals in the operating room (OR). Doctors perform operations, but those with other jobs in the operating room ensure that procedures ...

Tens of millions of surgical procedures are performed every year in the United States, from relatively straightforward outpatient surgeries that do not require an overnight stay, to inpatient ...

A surgical technologist is a health professional who prepares an operating room (OR) before surgery. They’re a crucial part of a surgical care team, working alongside the surgeon, the surgeon’s ...

In an education session at the 2023 Association of the PeriOperative Nurses (AORN), Sheri Voss, MS, RN, CNOR (Emeritus), taught attendees about factors affecting operational performance in the ...

Tomorrow’s OT technologist may work in an environment filled with AI-assisted systems, digital displays, advanced imaging, ...

Huey Robinson started at Confederate Hospital in 1959 and retired Sept. 30 after 67 years in the operating room, spanning ...

The operating room (OR) can be a mysterious place. It has long been a relatively hidden medical environment, where the only people who know what happens in it are the on-duty medics. However, new ...

"I created this multi-tool with operating room nurses in mind," said an inventor, from San Jose, Calif. "My design eliminates ...

The operating room is a space where precision and calmness reign supreme. For years, it was my sanctuary—a domain where my steady hands and unshakable focus were the difference between life and death.