An experimental study on the effects of positioning medical equipment on contaminant exposure of a patient in an operating room with unidirectional downflow

2019 ◽  
Vol 165 ◽  
pp. 106096
Author(s):  
Amar Aganovic ◽  
Guangyu Cao ◽  
Liv-Inger Stenstad ◽  
Jan G. Skogås
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Contaminant Exposure

Experimental Study of Electromagnetic Interference From Cellular Phones with Electronic Medical Equipment

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isao Baba ◽  
Takashi Ito ◽  
Hiroshi Furuhata ◽  
Toshio Nojima ◽  
Takashi Kano ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Electromagnetic Interference ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Cellular Phones ◽  
Electronic Medical Equipment

scholarly journals Taxonomy of Surgical Delay Related to Sterile Processing and Domino Effect

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 291-295
Author(s):  
Kimberly A. LaForge ◽  
Helen J. A. Fuller ◽  
Timothy Arnold ◽  
Kristin Chrouser ◽  
William Gunnar
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Domino Effect ◽  
Staff Time ◽  
Surgical Delay ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Competing Demands ◽  
Instructions For Use ◽  
Sterile Processing ◽  
Work Done

Successful surgery does not just depend on the skills and knowledge of those in the operating room but also on the staff that insure the needed instrumentation is available and sterile. The process that continuously provides reusable medical equipment (RME) to the Operating Room (OR) requires highly specialized expertise over a wide range of instrumentation. The reprocessing team must be familiar with instructions for use (IFU), and how to apply them to process every piece of RME from surgeries, endoscopies, and clinic procedures. Coupled with the limitations of staff, time, and resources and with competing demands to produce sterile instruments and environments that work in almost total isolation from each other, there are several gaps in the process that must be identified and bridged. While the workflow for moving between the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) and the OR is sometimes thought as a fairly simple circular flowchart, the realities of work done versus work imagined are vastly different. In addition, these challenges vary considerably across different departments, even in a single healthcare system, and as such there are no simple solutions. Understanding the demands on the SPD, the needs in the OR for sterile RME, and the patient safety concerns that drive this cycle are critical if we are to improve the process.

Experimental study on the effect of exhaust airflows on the surgical environment in an operating room with mixing ventilation

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 101837
Author(s):  
Kai Xue ◽  
Guangyu Cao ◽  
Meng Liu ◽  
Yixian Zhang ◽  
Christoffer Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Operating Room

scholarly journals Bio contamination of surfaces and medical devices in controlled environment areas at a hospital in Morocco

2021 ◽  
Vol 319 ◽  
pp. 01080
Author(s):  
Samira Jaouhar ◽  
Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami ◽  
Khadija Ouarrak ◽  
Jawad Bouzid ◽  
Mohammed Maoulouaa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Medical Devices ◽  
Medical Equipment ◽  
Microbiological Quality ◽  
Hospital Environment ◽  
P Value ◽  
Controlled Environment ◽  
Coagulase Negative Staphylococci ◽  
Burn Unit ◽  
Sterilization Service

The hospital environment, especially medical devices and surfaces, represents a secondary reservoir for pathogens. This work aims to evaluate the microbiological quality of surfaces and medical equipment of controlled environment services (burn unit, operating room, and sterilization service) at a hospital in Meknes (center of Morocco). This study was carried out for three months (September-December of 2017). A total of 63 samples were taken by swabbing technique from different surfaces and medical equipment after bio-cleaning. Identification was performed according to conventional bacteriological methods and by microscopic observation for fungi. The study showed that 68% of the surface was contaminated. The operating room recorded a rate of 93% of contamination (p-value <0.01), 83% for sterilization service, and 47% for burn unit. A percentage of 67% of the isolates were identified as Gram-positive bacteria against 32% Gram-negative bacteria (p-value <0.05). Bacterial identification showed Coagulase-negative Staphylococci (45%), Enterobacter cloacae (14%), Micrococcus sp (10%), Klebsiella pneumoniae, peptostreptococcus sp and Pseudomonas fluorescens (7% for each one), Escherichia coli, and Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (5% for each one). These results require corrective action represented by rigorous cleaning and disinfection procedures.

An experimental study of the flow characteristics and velocity fields in an operating room with laminar airflow ventilation

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 101184
Author(s):  
Tee Lin ◽  
Omid Ali Zargar ◽  
Kuan-Yu Lin ◽  
Oscar Juiña ◽  
Dexter Lyndon Sabusap ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Study ◽  
Operating Room ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Velocity Fields
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