Subscriptions Advertising Resources About Us Contact Us
Create An Account Forgot Your Password?
Trouble logging in or creating an account? click here
Home This Month Archive Surveys E-Mall E-Weekly Building a Facility
Search OSM
Accrediting/Quality
Anesthesia
Bariatric Surgery
Building/Renovating
Business Management
Code/Bill/Reimburse
Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

General Anesthesia Contributes to Post-op Pain

Some "noxious" general anesthetics excite sensory neurons that cause peripheral pain in patients once they wake from surgery, researchers say. I...

WHO Issues Surgical Safety Checklist

The World Health Organization and the Harvard University School of Public Health have created a new perioperative checklist for surgical team member...

Surgical Business Ethics in the Press

It's no secret that some leading orthopedic surgeons receive six- and seven-figure payments annually from the makers of artificial hips and knees. B...

Home > Archive > March 2008
Administer Antibiotics Right on Time
How to infuse your pre-op antibiotic protocol with precision.
Georgianne Bauer

Do your patients receive pre-op antibiotics when they should? And by this, I'm referring to the standard definition of having patients receive the agents within 60 minutes of the first incision (or within 120 minutes for vancomycin).

Already have an account? Please sign in:
Email Address:
Password:
Categories: Anesthesia, Safety
Other Articles That May Interest You
The Post-Opioid Era
Are You Dressed to Protect?
From head to toe, create a sterile field around the patient.
Abnormal Hematocrit a Surgical Risk
66
Comment on this Article
You must be logged in to leave comments.
Recent Comments
You must be logged in to view comments.