Proper surgical attire is intended to protect both the patients and the perioperative staff. AORN and APIC recommendations and guidelines have been published for years and are very clear. However, ...

Robotic surgery was never approved for mastectomy or any other cancer-related treatment, but that has hardly deterred doctors in the operating suite. The equipment is widely used to operate on ...

Heart surgeons meticulously scrub their hands for precisely one minute before each operation. This scientifically backed ritual, using antimicrobial agents, effectively reduces harmful microbes ...

Marlaine Pitton looked up at the man in scrubs next to her bedside. He had kind eyes. Laughing, blue, kind eyes. Even through the haze of meds starting to take effect, Marlaine knew THIS man could ...