Manual of Surgical Pathology Gross Room Procedures

Incorrect surgical procedures within and outside of the operating room.

OBJECTIVE To describe incorrect surgical procedures reported from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Medical Centers from 2001 to mid-2006 and provide proposed solutions for preventing such events. DESIGN Descriptive study. SETTING Veterans Health Administration Medical Centers. PARTICIPANTS Veterans of the US Armed Forces. INTERVENTIONS The VHA instituted an initial directive, "Ensur...

Operating room environment and surgical site infections in arthroplasty procedures

BACKGROUND The rate of surgical site infections (SSI) is strongly influenced by operating room quality, which is determined by the structural features of the facility and its systems and by the management and behavior of healthcare workers. The aim of the present study was to assess microbial contamination in the operating room during hip- and knee-replacement procedures, the behavior of operat...

Green's Manual of Pathology

A Manual of Pathology

McConnell, m.d. Illustrated. Second Revised Edition. W. B. Saunders Co. 1911. This is another of the admirable and elegant Manuals for Students, published by Messrs. W. B. Saunders Company, The first edition was well received and proved to be nell adapted to the need of students, and took the place of more voluminous books on pathology. It certainly in its new edition contains all the elements ...

Manual of Clinical Pathology

Undeu the above comprehensive and indeed misleading title a very useful little pamphlet is published by Mr. R. Weiss, a consulting chemist, assisted by Dr. G. Herschell and Mr. A. Charles, F.R.C.S.i. It deals with the use of laboratory methods in daily practice. For example, 27 pages are given to urine analysis, another section to analysis of stomach contents, ten pages to analyses of faeces, a...