In late 2002, a Canadian woman set off an airport metal detector. When she was “wanded,” the metal detector consistently sounded when placed near her abdomen. She had undergone surgery four months ...

New research at the University of New Hampshire aims to make hospital operating rooms safer by opening the lines of communication between computerized hospital beds and blood pressure monitors. "We're ...

Former employees of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City are alleging the hospital, part of the Saint Luke’s Health System, failed to properly clean and repair operating room instruments, used rusty ...

ROCHESTER — Prepping patients, handling surgical instruments and keeping patients safe by keeping everything in the operating room safe and sterile: A hands-on experience of jobs in an operating room ...

The Board of Visitors Operation Room Simulation Lab, the fifth room in the Nursing Competencies Suite, trains students specializing in surgical or anesthesia pathways in the skills they need to be ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Nurses at Tampa General Hospital have discovered a unique way to help the Tampa Bay area’s homeless population. Sterile surgical wraps used to protect operating room instruments are ...

In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who’s who—at least for outsiders. Patients getting wheeled in might not realize that salespeople working on ...

DURHAM, N.H. -- New research at the University of New Hampshire aims to make hospital operating rooms safer by opening the lines of communication between computerized hospital beds and blood pressure ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Nurses at Tampa General Hospital have discovered a unique way to help the Tampa Bay area’s homeless population. Sterile surgical wraps used to protect operating room instruments are ...

Do sales reps in the operating room lend helpful expertise or inflate already bloated costs? Depends on whom you ask. (John Fedele/Getty Images) In the operating room, surgical masks and matching ...