Gone are the days of having to compromise on surgeons' demands because of the limitations associated with metal processing: Laser melting has abolished production-related restrictions on surgical ...

Precision, competence, and focus have always been needed in surgery. Physical exertion and antiquated apparatus can constrain surgeons’ skills, notwithstanding the diligent efforts of healthcare ...

One of the challenges of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery lies in getting surgical instruments into the patient's body via a narrow catheter. Scientists have set about addressing that problem, ...

The management of surgical instruments poses a unique challenge to health-care workers. The tools are small and easy to lose when being cleaned or sanitized, or during use in surgery, yet a mistake ...

UCHealth, which owns the 700-bed hospital in Aurora, postponed non-emergency surgeries for a week in July following staffing shortages in the sterilization department.

NHS Grampian's faulty Central Decontamination Unit – which cleans surgical tools - is to undergo a refurbishment to help ...

Development and Operation of Hospital Infrastructure of Ixtapaluca (DOIHI), an organization that manages assets and tools at the Regional Specialty Hospital of Ixtapaluca (HRAEI), in Mexico, is ...

“This discovery has profound potential implications for surgical practice,” added study co-author and electrical engineer ...

More than 200 procedures have now been postponed at Aberdeen's hospitals after an unknown substance, thought to be linked to a faulty piece of equipment, was found on surgical instruments. The central ...