Sharps injuries and needle sticks are a significant hazard in the operating room, and providers who don't comply with prevention practices can endanger themselves, their colleagues and their patients.

As hospitals and governmental bodies place a greater emphasis on patient safety, operating room teams are working to build "cultures of safety" that reward compliance and encourage teamwork. But while ...

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Clinical Decision Support as a Prevention Tool for Medication Errors in the Operating Room: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study. Anesthesia & Analgesia , 2024; DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007058 ...

Pros and cons. But unease of the AI surveillance seems to follow the Black Box to any new hospital. In Boston, Janet Donovan, an operating room nurse at Faulkner and a union officer of the ...