PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the level of contaminants on, as well as the quality of, reprocessed shaver blades. METHODS We assessed 7 new shaver blades and 27 shaver blades that had been reprocessed with mechanical cleaning, functional testing, and sterilization with ethylene oxide. A spectrophotometer measured the amount of nucleic acid and protein. The blade quality wa...

This study was designed to test limited arthroscopic shaver reuse following reprocessing and to compare the functional performance between new and reprocessed arthroscopic shavers in arthroscopic procedures using fresh cadaveric knees. A trial using arthroscopic procedures (menisectomy, synovectomy, and debridements) was conducted by experienced surgeons using cadaveric knees to determine wheth...

OBJECTIVES To quantify the incidence of intranasal extension of adenoid tissue and residual adenoidal obstruction of the posterior choanae following traditional curette adenoidectomy to determine the efficiency of adenoid curettage and the usefulness of intraoperative endoscopic examination and powered-shaver adenoidectomy in achieving better postnasal patency. DESIGN Prospective intraoperati...

Fig. 1. Allergic nickel dermatitis caused by nickel release from an electric shaver. Nickel allergy is frequent in adult Danes and dermatitis patients (1, 2). The high prevalence is mostly explained by consumer exposure to products that release nickel, e.g. watches, jewellery, buttons, zips, rivets and mobile phones (3–8). It has been debated whether classic dry electric shavers may cause nicke...

Joan Shaver, PhD, RN, FAAN, is Professor and Dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), a top-10 nationally ranked college of nursing. She is currently President of the American Academy of Nursing, a 1,600-member, peer-elected group of top nursing leaders that exists as an entity of the American Nurses Association, and she has just completed four years as a m...

Bowlby, J. (1980). Attachment and loss: Vol. 3. Sadness and depression. New York: Basic Books. Dozier, M., Stovall-McClough, K. C., & Albus, K. E. (2008). Attachment and psychopathology in adulthood. In J. Cassidy & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Handbook of attachment: Theory, research, and clinical applications (2nd ed., pp. 718–744). New York: Guilford Press. Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P. R. (2007). At...

Kaiser and Shaver (2006) and Bucholtz (2006) reported starch concentrations in diets fed to high-producing dairy herds ranged from 25 to 30 % on a dry matter (DM) basis. Increased corn prices have heightened the interest in feeding reducedstarch diets. Results from short-term dairy cattle feeding trials suggest that reducedstarch diets formulated by partially replacing corn grain with high-fibe...

1. The impact of feeding sources n-3 fatty acids (FA) to ISA Brown and Shaver white breeders their offspring on antibody titres plasma FA profile was examined. 2. Breeders were fed eithe...

Subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and tension pneumothorax are previously unreported complications of shoulder arthroscopy with subacromial decompression. Three patients developed extensive subcutaneous emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and bilateral tension pneumothorax during or immediately after shoulder arthroscopy with subacromial decompression. The procedure was terminated and approp...