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De werkelijke kosten van verspilling in de chirurgie
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Chirurgie is een plek met veel impact om verspilling in de gezondheidszorg te verminderen. In dit blog duiken we in het complexe en confronterende onderwerp van afval en verspilling in de…
Hoe kunnen chirurgische teams duurzamer werken met minder afval en verspilling?
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In de chirurgie moeten we anders gaan werken om bij te dragen aan een oplossing voor de huidige klimaatproblemen. In dit blog duiken we in het probleem rond afval in de chirurgische zorg. We gaan…
The Real Cost of Waste in Surgery
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Surgery is a high-impact place to reduce waste. In this article, we explore the complex and confronting topic of waste in surgical care and the unignorable price that this comes at. We look for…
How Can Surgical Teams Reduce Waste and Improve Sustainability?
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Surgery must adapt if we’re to meet the environmental challenges that define our times. In this blog, we dive deep into the murky waters surrounding waste in surgical care, and shine a light on some…
Bioburden and Biofilm: Know Your Enemy
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The OR found bioburden on the tray you sent up … they ended up having to delay the case. These are words no Sterile Processing Manager wants to hear. The twin concepts of bioburden and biofilm can…
Diving Deep into High-Level Disinfection vs. Sterilization
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Welcome back to our series on the inner workings of the Sterile Processing Department (SPD). In our previous article, "Sterile Processing and the Operating Room: Why Patient Safety Can't Be Rushed",…
Sterile Processing and the Operating Room: Why Patient Safety Can't Be Rushed
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A Partnership for Patient Care The Operating Room (OR) and the Sterile Processing Department (SPD) are two pillars that hold up the complex structure of frontline surgical care. One cannot function…
Sharing Best Practices and the Power of Getting It Right First Time
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How can we enable the sharing of best practices between high-performance surgical teams? It starts off with just another day in the office… It’s a busy shift and the list is growing fast. You scrub…
Lights, Camera, Action! Behind the Scenes in Sterile Processing with Incision Academy
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The road opens up. An SUV packed with cameras and film lights roars past, kicking up a cloud of red dirt into the blazing afternoon sun. An intrepid team of Incision educators and filmmakers are…
Discover Incision Assist at the OR Manager Conference 2023
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Just in time for the much-anticipated OR Manager Conference in Nashville, we’re delighted to announce the release of a brand-new Incision white paper! In it, we present some of the latest insights…
Bridging the Gap: The Vital Role of Communication and Technology in the Operating Room
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In the fast-paced and high-stakes environment of the operating room (OR), the synergy between effective communication and cutting-edge technology is nothing short of vital. As healthcare…
Building high-performing OR Teams with ‘Moments-of-Need’
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How can OR teams become high-performing teams? The OR can be a hectic place, with complex patient cases. How can you make sure that everybody in the team can be a top performer? Challenges in surgery…
Digital training and performance support: The future of ‘on and off’ the job training
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Keeping up to date with the latest knowledge, skills and technological changes in the operating theatre can be a tough challenge. With limited time for further training, surgical professionals are…
Black belt in the OR?
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Lean management has been used in many industries to improve performance. But how about the operating room? Given all its challenges, would that not be a great place to send in a Lean Six Sigma Black…
AI for surgical education: a call to test our new Strava-for-Surgeons
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We’re making great progress in using AI for surgical education. This blog will give you an update on our video assessment work, and if you’re up for it we will invite you to test our new features!…
4 Reasons Why Surgical Outcomes Vary
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The chance that you require surgery at some point in your life is quite high (on average, people receive surgery about 9 times). Intense moments in the lives of patients, and an activity that…
Improving surgeons’ performance with AI
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I recently read an article about the concept of coaching in surgery that was published by Atul Gawande in 2011. In this article, Gawande, who is surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston,…
API for the OR, in 5 steps
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From a ‘Blackbox’ to ‘Best practice sharing’ The vast majority of surgeries is not standardised. For some procedures, guidelines or protocols are available. But mostly it’s up to the surgeon and its…