Working in the Operating Room – Group of Tired Doctors

Fighting Fatigue While Working in the Operating Room

Operating rooms are incredibly stressful and complex environments to work in. Spending long hours doing intricate work where the balance of one’s life hangs upon your hands can affect your health psychologically and physically. Burnout is a prevalent occurrence amongst …
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Surgical Headlight Benefits – Surgeon Wearing Headlight

The Uses and Benefits of Surgical Headlights

Surgical or medical lights can be divided into three categories: overhead, in-cavity, and headlights. Overhead surgical lights can be mounted on the wall, on the ceiling, or held up with a stand and manoeuvred to provide a broad focus of light in …
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A biomedical engineer looking at a component of a medical instrument.

Basic Guide to Biomedical Engineering

Biomedical engineering is an incredibly important field of study, and the fine engineers in this line of work are the reason modern technology and surgical instruments have progressed to where they are today. Inventions like the pacemaker, responsive prosthetics, and …
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How Surgical LED Headlights Changed Surgery Forever

Surgical LED headlights have revolutionised the way that we practice medicine by offering surgeons more versatility and light in the operating room. These things are crucial to good outcomes, and we cannot overlook their importance. Many people—practitioners and patients alike—take …
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A surgeon wearing a surgical headlight while operating on a patient

Surgeon-Worn Surgical Lighting: From LED to Xenon

Surgical headlights worn by medical practitioners are a versatile light source, mainly used in hospitals or dental clinics. They are ideal for medical procedures that specifically require high-quality lighting, as they illuminate the site clearly to give practitioners the best possible field of vision.   In addition, …
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Surgical Smoke: Risks and Preventive Measures

Surgical smoke is a by-product of energy-based surgical instruments. Any procedure that is done with the use of a surgical device used to cut, desiccate, and ablate tissue can produce surgical smoke when tissues vaporise. Staff and patients who are exposed to operating environments are all vulnerable to the risks of …
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A clean image of a white surgical studio.

Types of Surgical Lighting and Why They’re Important

Overhead lamps, surgical headlights, and fibre-optic cables all serve to illuminate the surgical field as much as possible. Because of these developments, medicine today is able to prioritise the importance of a well-illuminated surgical field with no shadows and minimal …
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Irrigation bulb, surgical scissors, forceps and gauzes stained with blood on green towel in operating room.

Properly Disposing of Your Single-Use Surgical Instruments

As a medical professional, the appropriate disposal of single-use surgical instruments is an integral part of the job. In order to prevent contamination or and reduce health risks to the people in the waste management industry, every person in the …
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A doctor pulling on her gloves.

Follow These Tips When Sterilising Your Surgical Instruments

It’s crucial for hospitals and clinics to clean and sterilise their surgical instruments in accordance with standards observed by Australia’s NSW Health. In this blog, we’ll go into detail on how to sterilise your tools, in order to prevent infection …
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