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Working in perioperative care? Thinking about it? This site is for you!
June 26, 2010 – 7:57 am | No Comment
Working in perioperative care? Thinking about it? This site is for you!

 
Come and join our  forums! Get up to date with the free online electrosurgery training from the MHRA. See the latest WHO Surgical Checklist adaptations for England and Wales from the National Patient Safety Agency.Whatever …

THEATRETEAM.CO.UK – everything for the operating theatre team
March 18, 2009 – 2:39 pm | Comments Off
THEATRETEAM.CO.UK – everything for the operating theatre team

 
 
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Failing hospital “caused deaths”
March 18, 2009 – 12:47 pm | No Comment
Failing hospital “caused deaths”

A hospital’s “appalling” emergency care resulted in patients dying needlessly, the NHS watchdog has said.
About 400 more people died at Stafford Hospital between 2005 and 2008 than would be expected, the Healthcare Commission said.

The lessons pilots can teach surgeons
January 27, 2009 – 9:37 am | No Comment
The lessons pilots can teach surgeons

Before take-off, every pilot needs to brief their crew about what to expect.
At the end of each flight, they talk briefly about what went right, what went wrong and what could be done better.
Pilots say …

Tiny motors may be big in surgery
January 20, 2009 – 5:31 pm | No Comment
Tiny motors may be big in surgery

Surgical procedures could soon be helped along with tiny robots, according to researchers.
Miniaturisation of motors has not kept pace with that of electronics, leaving such tiny robots with no means to get around in the …