25 JOURNAL OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICINE VOL. 6 ISSUE 3 DECEMBER 2017 Background: In production environments, a countdown timer is used to report the status of the planned start time and to provide both a communication mechanism and an accountability aid. It has been used in the airline industry to remind all personnel of the remaining time until when the aircraft door should be closed. This...

The authors report the case of a 4-year-old boy who required anesthetic care during laser excision of respiratory papillomatosis. The perioperative issues surrounding this disease process are discussed including anesthetic induction in the patient with a compromised airway, maintenance anesthetic techniques, methods used for ventilation during laser surgery of the upper airway, and infectious d...

There is a growing proportion of elderly which increases the demand for health care. As a consequence health care costs are rising and the need for hospital resource planning seems urgent. Different aspects (often conflicting) such as patient demand, clinical need and political ambitions must be considered. In this paper we propose a model for analyzing hospital surgical suite with focus on ope...

Context: There is a need to determine if body exhaust suits which were initially used and recommended by Sir John Charnley has a role in minimizing bacterial shedding in the operating room. Evidence Acquisition: The English literature search conducted for relevant articles. 14 articles were relevant to the role of body exhaust system in total joint replacement. Results: There is controversial e...

A new approach to intraoperative radiotherapy makes use of a mobile electron linear accelerator delivering therapeutic radiation doses in an operating room suite. This unconventional technology has raised questions concerning protection for personnel and the necessity of shielding the adjoining areas. In this study, the leakage and scatter radiation from the mobile electron accelerator is measu...

introduction and aims: occupational burnout is a syndrome including emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, self-efficacy and involvement. medical staff are susceptible to occupational burnout due to physical, mental and emotional stress. the present research aims to investigate the operation room staff’s burnout in shahid mohammadi hospital of bandar abbas. methods: in this descriptive/analyt...

Wrong-site surgery is all too common. Despite more than a decade of campaigns by major organizations to prevent these events, there are still reports of such mistakes. This article reviews the recent literature on surgical safety checklists and other tools designed to prevent wrong-site surgery and improve patient safety in the operating room. Emphasis is placed on how well institutions comply ...