Shirodkar Cerclage Procedure
SHIRODKAR (Cerclage for Incompetent OS) Definition The placement of an encircling “tape” ligature at the level of the internal cervical os to maintain the integrity of the cervical canal. Discussion...
Category: Perioperative Nursing
Organ Donation and Transplantation
Overview Organ donation is the removal of healthy tissues and organs of the human body from an individual. This person or donor can be those who have recently died or...
OR Nursing Personnel
ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONER Advance Nurse Practitioners are nurses who hold the title of team leader, resource clinical nurse, nurse clinician, clinical nurse specialist or nurse practitioner. These personnel are capable...
Billroth Surgery
Billroth Surgery is a partial resection of the stomach with anastomosis to the duodenum (Billroth I) or to the jejunum (Billroth II). It is a standard treatment for ulcer disease,...
What is an Incident Report
Definition Despite the most careful precaution of medical personnel, medico-legal accidents still occur. In all cases of accidents nurses caring for the client during the time of incident and those...
Operating Room Team: Unsterile Members
Operating Room Team Patients undergoing surgery will be taken care of the operating room team. Safety and privacy of patients in the OR is safeguarded by the operating room team...
Operating Room Team: Sterile Members
Operating Room Team When a patient is about to undergo a surgical procedure direct patient care will be pass on to the operating room personnel. The operating room (OR) team...
Blalock-Taussig Operation
Definition Blalock-Taussig operation (also called Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt) is a palliative surgical procedure used in cyanotic heart defects. More specifically it is used for the palliative repair of blue babies or...
Principles of Sterility – Principles 10, 11, 12 and 13
Principle Number 10: Sterile persons keep in contact with sterile areas to minimum. Inside the operating room or within a sterile field the following are strictly observed: Sterile persons avoid...
Principles of Sterility – Principles 6, 7, 8 and 9
Principle Number 6: Edges of anything that encloses sterile contents are considered unsterile Sterile supplies are packed. In opening sterile packages, the area within 1 inch from the edges is...
