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AORN 2019 Guidelines

New AORN Guidelines for 2019 To Reduce Surgical Infections The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) has released its 2019 Guidelines for Perioperative Practice to provide healthcare facilities with...
January 18, 2019
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World Pediatric Project

World Pediatric Project: Guatemala Craniofacial Surgery Novo Surgical was proud to support Dr. Kamlesh Patel and his joint team from St. Louis, Kansas City and Tampa in conjunction with Hospittalia...
January 16, 2019
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Improper Reprocessing

Thousands Of Patients Potentially Exposed To HIV & Hepatitis Due To Improper Instrument Reprocessing Thousands of patients were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis in an ambulatory surgery center in...
January 11, 2019
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Top 2018 Blogs Pt. 2

Top Novo Surgical Blogs From 2018 (Part II) In order to help you and your facility achieve these goals in 2019 we are taking a brief look back at some...
January 2, 2019
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Top 2018 Blogs Pt. 1

Top Novo Surgical Blogs From 2018 (Part I) The primary goal of every healthcare professional is to improve patient outcomes and reduce patient risk. The challenges that you and your...
December 28, 2018
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"Visually" Clean. But Really?

Can A Visually Clean Surface Still Hide Dangerous Contamination? One of the biggest challenges for healthcare personnel today is ensuring that all items that come into contact with patients are...
December 20, 2018
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FDA Med Device Action

The FDA’s New Medical Device Safety Action Plan Throughout history, protecting patients from harm has been a primary goal of all healthcare providers. This task has become increasingly more difficult...
December 12, 2018
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Implant Recall

Class I Recall Due to Lack of Cleaning Validation                                           ...
December 10, 2018
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Dangerous Chemicals

Protecting Reprocessing Workers From Dangerous Chemical Agents (AAMI TIR67) The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) recently developed a new technical information report (TIR) to help reduce the...
November 30, 2018
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Surgery Cancelled

Hospital Forced To Cancel Surgeries Due To Discolored Instruments A hospital had to cancel surgeries this month due to discolored surgical instruments. Earlier this year a hospital in Colorado had to...
November 22, 2018
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