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Table of treaties and other instruments

Table of treaties and other instruments

“Side table assembly”—An adjuvant to craniofacial reconstruction

Plates and screws are used extensively in craniofacial surgery; they have increased the speed of this surgery, but this can be made even more efficient. Utilising an adjacent instrument table, the rearrangement and reassembly of bone segments resulting from osteotomy or fracture can be performed by a second surgical team using plates and screws. At the conclusion of the operation, the reassembled bony reconstruction can rapidly be placed in position with a minimum of additional screws. This technique has been found to be technically easier and to afford a considerable saving of operating time.

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments

Table of Statutes and Statutory Instruments

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Movement of personnel and wound contamination

We studied the association between the movement of operating room personnel and bacterial contamination of the operative field during 12 clean operations. Settle plates placed on the patient's chest and instrument table were exposed during the operation. As a control, settle plates were exposed in the same locations when no personnel and patients were in the room. Bacterial contamination of the aseptic field was categorized as disseminating (Group A: greater than 42 combined movements) and nondisseminating (Group B: less than 42 combined movements). There were 24 persons in each group. There was a highly significant difference between the two groups in the colony counts on settling plates. More vigorous movement was associated with increased bacterial contamination of the operative field. Low bacterial colony counts were found in the control plates, ruling out environmental sources of contamination. Bacterial fallout correlated with the movement of personnel. Measures to reduce excessive movement in the OR are recommended.

A variable-force microvascular clip.

An easily adjustable, variable-force microvascular clip is described. This clip is superior to other clips currently available because it is essentially three clips in one. Its advantages are that it can reduce the amount of table area needed to store clips during surgery and it offers the surgeon greater flexibility in the selection of clips with different closing forces. This clip was developed by modifying the segments of a basic alpha-type clip, designing a computer program to analyze the force contributions made by each segment of the clip, constructing several clips with different blade lengths, and testing them in a microvascular surgery research program. The clip we have developed is easy to use, reduces clutter on the instrument table, aand offers the surgeon a wide choice of closing forces with a minimal number of clips.

Table of treaties and other instruments

Table of treaties and other instruments

Air conditioning systems.

There are some basic requirements for air conditioning systems in operating theatres. 1. Obviously the regulation of temperature and humidity is necessary, but cleaning of fresh air and circulating air is much more important. 2. Concerning cleaning, a high standard of filtration of air is demanded to avoid contamination of wounds. 3. So far only HEPA-filters, a technical description, give security and safety. They filter particles down to under 1 micrometer and have a filtration rate of more than 99.9%. 4. The ventilation rate is directly related to the germ concentration in the air. The higher the ventilation rate the cleaner the air during working. 5. To avoid turbulences unidirectional or uniform flow is necessary. This technique has become popular as the laminar flow technique. To get such a flow an air flow velocity of 0 45 +/- 0.1 m/s is necessary. 6. The arrangement of the different working places in an operating theatre is very important. Instrument tables and the operation field itself have to be in the zone of first air. 7. One of the commonest germ dispersion sources is the human body. Proper dressing and behaviour have to be observed. The airflow behind a person (in laminar cross flow) or under a person (in laminar down flow for instance when the neurosurgeon bends his head over the operating field) has to be regarded as contaminated. 8. Hygienic controls must be made in the operation theatre when unused and also under working conditions, in a sophisticated manner. If all these points are respected a real clean room technique is possible with considerable lowering of the risk of infection for the patient. Obviously all the other rules of hygiene, i.e., asepsis and antisepsis, elaborated since the days of Lister, have to be strictly respected.

The Surgeon??s Garb

A comprehensive evaluation of all factors associated with the surgeon's garb worn with and without laminar air flow revealed that in a conventional operating room, all personnel should wear an impermeable one-piece suit with foot attachments, any type of head cover, and, if they are going to be near the operative site or instrument table, a disposable mask. Scrub personnel should wear some type of a disposable gown to reduce the amount of surface contamination. The best way to reduce the environmental and surface contamination would be for all personnel to wear some type of a hooded exhaust equipment, but this is impractical both for circulating nurses and for anesthesiologists. Despite the reduction obtained from all the above controls, the reduction in the amount of bacterial contamination would not be as great as that obtained with laminar air flow, 93% (p < 0.005). Laminar air flow produced the greatest single reduction in environmental and surface contamination and variables such as time, people and attire did not influence the overall counts. The attire recommended for the conventional operating room can be used in laminar air flow with an expectation of overall reduction in contamination.

Special eyeglasses for use in microsurgery

Special eyeglasses, designed to be used with the operating microscope, are described. These eyeglasses, which fit inside the eyecups of the oculars of the microscope, give the wearer a better view through the microscope than do conventional glasses and at the same time enable him to shift his vision to the surgical field or the instrument table without a sacrifice in clarity. Because they permit the wearer to maintain the eyecups of the oculars in the "up" position, the eyeglasses also prevent interference from outside illumination.

Microbiologic Environment of the Conventional Operating Room

Areas of potential contamination of the surgical wound in the conventional operating rooms include the back table, the unsterile suction receptacle, and the lack of a positive pressure relationship between the operating room and adjacent areas. Use of an impermeable hood with a large mask diminished contamination of the instrument table and the the wound from fallout of bacteria from the surgical team. The level of airborne bacterial comtamination in the operating room can be reduced by limiting the traffic and controlling the activity and the number of operating room personnel. Higher rates of postoperatively wound sepsis were noted in older operating rooms, particularly with difficult procedures and those performed later in the day. Conventional operating rooms should be categorized by the level of room air exchange per hour and the level of airborne bacterial contamination.

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Table of treaties and other international instruments

Overbed Hospital Table: For Use as a Tonography Instrument Table

Overbed Hospital Table: For Use as a Tonography Instrument Table

Operating Room Manual, A Guide for O.R. Personnel

This manual is prepared in outline form and is designed to serve as a guide for the operating room nurse in preparation of the instrument table for the various operations. Even though it is written primarily for adults, the basic principles are sound and applicable to pediatrics. This manual could serve a valuable purpose if kept at the operating room nurses' station as a reference book for the surgical nurses.

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Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

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Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table

Bacteriological Effect of Ultraviolet Light on a Surgical Instrument Table