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• FDA Warns Doctors About Risks from Electrical Operating Tables Moving During Surgery

  March 4, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  The FDA has sent a letter to healthcare professionals, warning them of problems linked to electrical operating tables moving during surgery.

• Preventable Operating Room Medication Errors May Result in Additional $5.3B in Medical Costs Per Year in U.S.

  September 13, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that operating medication errors cost the U.S. healthcare system more than $5 billion every year.

• Frameless Stereotaxic Surgery Problems Result in FDA Warning About Navigation System Errors

  June 19, 2017

  Russell Maas

  The FDA warns that some surgical navigation systems may give navigational errors that can cause severe injuries and death.

• Surgical Site Infection Prevention Guidelines Issued By CDC

  May 22, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  The CDC has issued new guidelines designed to help prevent surgical site infections.

• Surgical Checklists Improve Safety, Reduce Risk of Death: Study

  April 25, 2017

  Martha Garcia

  A new study finds that hospitals that implemented a WHO surgical safety checklist had fewer patients die in the month following a surgical procedure.

• Rude Surgeon May Be a Sign of Increased Operating Room Error Risk: Study

  February 20, 2017

  Irvin Jackson

  The findings of a new study suggest that surgeons who are routinely rude to patients are more often linked to operating room complications.

• DePuy Sythes Surgical Tool Batteries May Explode, FDA Warns

  September 29, 2016

  Irvin Jackson

  DePuy Synthes surgical power tool battery adaptors may explode, causing serious injury and death to doctors, patients and others in operating rooms, according to a recall announced by the FDA this week.

• Surgical Infection Risk May Be Impacted By Operating Room Door Openings: Study

  November 19, 2015

  Martha Garcia

  The findings of a new study indicate that operating room doors are frequently opened during surgeries, potentially defeating the room's sterile environment and increasing the risk of infections.

• Awareness During Surgery Despite Anesthesia Often Leads to Trauma: Report

  September 18, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A new study shows that it is rare to become aware while undergoing surgery when given anesthesia, but when it does happen the experience is often traumatic.

• Surgical Errors May Be Avoided With ‘Black Box’ Operating Room Device

  August 25, 2014

  Martha Garcia

  A surgical black box under development could record operations and help doctors realize when they are making a mistake.