Surgical Equipment - Supply & distribution
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Monday, November 23, 2009

The movement of services out of the hospital.

30 Dec 2007 Certificate of Need (CON) laws have been used in the United States since the 1960s to restrict the availability of new and expensive technology in the health system. However, as medical technology is used in non-institutional settings, the value of ... Read more...

Brief laboratory report: surgical drape flammability.

29 Sep 2006 Fires in the operating room continue to present a hazard to patients, at times with catastrophic and debilitating results. Recent data from closed claim files reveal oxygen, electrosurgical unit (ESU), and surgical drapes are common components of ... Read more...

Managing equipment and instruments in the operating room.

30 Jan 2005 In most health care institutions, it is difficult to obtain budget approval for personnel or equipment expenses, but there are effective approaches to reducing expenses without compromising operational excellence, patient satisfaction, or staff ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Surgical Equipment - Supply & distribution'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Integrating your facility's ORs. 27 Feb 2009
• The movement of services out of the hospital. 30 Dec 2007
• Winning the battle for accurate, updated surgeon preference lists. 30 Oct 2007
• Loupes around the world: helping surgeons in developing countries. 29 Sep 2007
• Toward a more wired OR supply chain. 30 Jul 2007
• Equipment tracking system critical to ensure surgical services efficiency. 30 May 2007
• Stats. Benchmarking your surgical supply expenses. It pays to examine the case mix index. 30 Jan 2007
• Brief laboratory report: surgical drape flammability. 29 Sep 2006
• Facilitating damage control surgery with a dedicated DCS equipment trolley. 18 Dec 2005
• Key strategies for the ASC's supply chain. 30 Jul 2005
• Managing equipment and instruments in the operating room. 30 Jan 2005
• Getting to the bottom of case cart errors. 29 Jun 2004
• Rewards and recognition for CS techs. 29 Jun 2004
• OR nurses, physicians regain buying clout as GPOs reform purchasing. 30 Aug 2003
• A full-court press on OR's supply costs. 30 May 2003
• In a disaster, will your OR supply chain handle a wave of casualties? 29 Apr 2003
• Achieving operating room efficiency through process integration. 27 Feb 2003
• ORs achieve supply-chain breakthroughs. 27 Feb 2003
• Recycling unused, opened sterile supplies. 30 Dec 2002
• Profit opportunities still exist....in the operating room. 29 Sep 2002

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Technical information about 'Surgical Equipment'

Definition: Nonexpendable apparatus used during surgical procedures. They are differentiated from SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS, usually hand-held and used in the immediate operative field.

Descriptor UI: D013523

Alternative terms: Surgical Equipment; Equipment, Surgical; Equipments, Surgical; Surgical Equipments;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; microbiology; parasitology; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; virology; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E07.858;

Technical Notes: differentiate from SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS in that the instrument is for use in the immediate operative field, usually held in the hand