objective: to determine the epidemiology and pattern of emergency operating room workload in nemazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences, shiraz, iran. methods: all surgical emergency operations which were performed in nemazee hospital, shiraz, iran were collected over twelve months (september 2007 to september 2008). the data obtained included indications, presenting...

OBJECTIVE To study pediatric direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy operative flow. DESIGN Observational quality improvement initiative. SETTING Two freestanding tertiary care children's hospitals. PATIENTS Pediatric patients undergoing direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Trained medical students observed direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy operative flow. An audi...

introduction: the research results showed that there was a relatively large gap in training operating room skills and clinical practice, so that clinical training did not enable students to perform the required tasks. one of the new approaches in training is a mentoring program. the aim of this study was to review mentoring of operating room students. methods: this study was a systematic review...

background and objectives: operating room (or) scheduling is key to optimal operating room productivity. the significant uncertainty associated with surgery duration renders scheduling of surgical operation a challenging task. this paper proposes a novel computational stochastic model to optimize scheduling of surgeries with uncertain durations. the model considers various surgical operation co...

Operation rooms are significant cost drivers in hospitals. This is because of the expensive resources that are directly involved in surgery, and the indirect impact that operating room activities have on related activities and resources throughout the hospital. Surgery planning on different levels and time scales are thus central planning problems with strong interactions with other planning pr...

The perioperative nurse involved in the intraoperative care of the obese patient is faced with numerous issues and challenges. As a growing number of these patients present for medical care, the nurse must consider the special positioning needs for surgery and the equipment needed to promote the safest environment for the patient. This article addresses positioning considerations for the obese ...

Nursing is the backbone of health center. The operation room a specialized area where nursing officers provide quality care to patients prior to, during, and after surgery. Operation nurses must have good physical, mental, communication, errors made by stall will directly affect patient care. Operating should specific skills handle situation in room. operating nurse be able work as team member,...