The operating room at Papineau Hospital in western Quebec has been closed indefinitely due to the failure of sterilization equipment, according to the regional health authority. Since Monday, the ...

The word ‘surgery’, in general, sparks anxiety in the mind of a person thinking about it: most believe that it is a a painful process, they worry about big cuts on the body leaving scars and ...

A workflow-driven cooperative operating room needs to be established in order to successfully unburden the surgeon and the operating room staff very time-consuming information-seeking and ...

Background and aims: The concept of risk management is a new issue which pointed out the dangers of the health system on patients. Statistics indicate that a non-negligible percentage of patients, ...