Preoperative anxiety is a problem for patients and linked to worse surgical outcomes. The Canadian system needs innovative solutions to address this.

President of Trinity Health System St. Clairsville Hospital Dwayne Richardson shows the surgery prep room, which will prepare people for operations at the new facility that will have five surgical ...

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Instrument processing areas are spaces that are seldom thought about but are a key component to a hospital’s design Instrument processing is referred to as pack prep in the veterinary industry because ...

On the day of surgery, you will meet with the medical team involved in your surgery. This will include your surgeon, the anesthesiologist, an operating room nurse, and various other healthcare ...

A new smart monitoring system could help doctors avoid mistakes—but it’s also alarming some surgeons and leading to sabotage. The first time Teodor Grantcharov sat down to watch himself ...

(AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Members of the surgical team take a culture swab off a wound on Lynx, a domestic short haired cat, in the surgery prep room at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center, Friday, ...

Veterinarians, technicians and veterinary students prep and anesthetize animals in a room that is viewable through a window from a public-facing courtyard. The animals are then moved into surgical ...

and surgery preparation. There are 12 operating room suites in the new facility, with updated technology and are three times larger than the suites on Webster Avenue. The new center makes it ...

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